HMS Crocodile

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crocodile, after the large aquatic reptile, the crocodile:

• was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1781 and lost in 1784.
• HMS Crocodile (1806) was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1806 and broken up in 1816.
• was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1825. She was on harbour service from 1850 and was sold in 1861.
• HMS Crocodile (1867) was an iron screw troopship launched in 1867 and sold for breaking up in 1894.

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