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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 
Loss position
 
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.


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