BNS Crocus

Update 05.05.2023
Current Name BNS Crocus
Ships Sign M 917
Call Sign ORGC
Operator Royal Navy of Belgium, Zeebrugge (Head Office), Belgium
Owner Ministry of National Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Flag Belgium
Port of Registry Zeebrugge
Type of Ship minehunter
Completion 1987
Shipyard Mercantile Béliard Polyship, Ostend, Belgium / N.V. Scheepswerf van Rupelmonde (St Pieter), Rupelmonde, Belgium
Displacement [t] 595
Overall Length [m] 51,60
Registered Breadth [m] 8,96
Maximum Draught [m] 2,60
Propulsion [KW] 1.397
Propulsion [BHP] 1.900
Speed [Kn] 15,0
Additional Information 2nd Belgian "Flower" ("Tripartite") class coastal minehunter [MHC] (10 vessels), also see >BNS Bellis<, >BNS Lobelia<, >BNS Narcis< and >BNS Primula< - (all in all 35 vessels for Belgium, France and the Netherlands) - also see exemplary >Pegase< (FR) and >HNLMS Makkum< (NL) - hull yard: Mercantile Béliard Polyship, Ostend, Belgium - main armament: 1x 20-mm AA gun GIAT F-2
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