Name Crocus Christened 18 September 1986 Launched 3 September 1986 Draft 3.6 m Builder Rupelmonde | Namesake Crocus Status in active service Length 52 m Beam 8.96 m | |
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Class and type Tripartite-class minehunter Displacement 536 t (528 long tons) empty
605 t (595 long tons) full load | ||
Crocus (M917) is a Tripartite-class minehunter of the Belgian Naval Component, launched on 3 September 1986 at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and christened by Mrs. Gaethofs-Schreurs, the wife of the then Mayor of Genk, on 18 September 1986. The patronage of Crocus was accepted by the city of Genk. It was the third of the Belgian Tripartite-class minehunters.
It is currently commanded by a Lieutenant-Commander.
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Belgian minehunter Crocus (M917) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA