Allied Warships

HMS Crocus (K 49)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 49 
Built byA & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) : Kincaid 
Ordered25 Jul 1939 
Laid down26 Oct 1939 
Launched26 Jun 1940 
Commissioned20 Oct 1940 
End service 
History

HMS Crocus is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List

Sold on 22 July 1946 and became the merchantile Annlock.
Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1952.

 

Commands listed for HMS Crocus (K 49)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Edward Wheeler, RNR14 Aug 194026 Jan 1942
2T/Lt. John Ferdinand Holm, RNZNR26 Jan 19423 Oct 1943
3T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alan Rochfort Mackay, RNZNVR3 Oct 194321 Sep 1944
4T/Lt. David Gordon White, RNVR21 Sep 1944mid 1945

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Noteable events involving Crocus include:


22 Aug 1942
HMS Crocus (T/Lt. J.F. Holm, RNR) picks up 21 survivors from the British merchant Vimeira that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-109 on 11 August about 450 nautical miles south-west of the Cape Verde Islands in position 10°03'N, 28°55'W.

6 Oct 1942
The British corvette HMS Crocus on 6 Oct, 1942 fought an epic battle with German U-boat U-333. The U-boat lost 3 men dead (including the IWO) and several men wounded, including the commander, Peter Erich Cremer. The boat was heavily damaged and limped back to base.

28 Oct 1942
The British merchant Nagpore is torpedoed and sunk north-west of the Canary Islands in position 31°30'N, 19°35'W by German U-boat U-509. HMS Crocus (T/Lt. J.F. Holm, RNR) later picks up 34 survivors.

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