Belgian minehunter Crocus (M917)
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Crocus (right) in Turku
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Name | Crocus |
Namesake | Crocus |
Builder | Mercantile-Belyard Shipyard, Rupelmonde |
Launched | 3 September 1986 |
Completed | 5 February 1987 |
Identification |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tripartite-class minehunter |
Displacement |
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Length | 51.5 m (169 ft) |
Beam | 8.96 m (29.4 ft) |
Height | 18.5 m (61 ft) |
Draught | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Complement | 4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | 3 × 12.7 mm machine guns |
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 completed on 5 February 1987. The patronage of Crocus was accepted by the city of Genk. It was the third of the Belgian Tripartite-class minehunters.
References
- "Crocus (6131256)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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