Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 49 |
| Built by | A & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) : Kincaid |
| Ordered | 25 Jul, 1939 |
| Laid down | 26 Oct, 1939 |
| Launched | 26 Jun, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 20 Oct, 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold on 22 July 1946 and became the merchantile Annlock.
Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1952.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Edward Wheeler, RNR
14 August 1940 – 26 January 1942
RD awarded in October 1941
T/Lt. John Ferdinand Holm, RNR
26 January 1942 – 3 October 1943
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on 23 March 1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.R. Mackay, RNZNVR
3 October 1943 - ???
T/Lt. D.G. White, RNVR
??? – still listed in the April 1945 Navy List
HMS Crocus is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Crocus include: 11 Aug, 1942
The British merchant Vimeira is torpedoed and sunk about 500 nautical miles south-west of the Cape Verde Islands in position 10º03'N, 28º55'W by the German submarine U-109. HMS Crocus (T/Lt. J.F. Holm, RNR) later picks up 5 survivors. 28 Oct, 1942
The British merchant Nagpore is torpedoed and sunk north-west of the Canary Islands in position 31º30'N, 19º35'W by the German submarine U-509. HMS Crocus (T/Lt. J.F. Holm, RNR) later picks up 34 survivors. |
