Name | Crocodile (1825) | Explanation | |
Type | Sixth rate | ||
Launched | 28 October 1825 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 500 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 28 | ||
Fate | 1861 | ||
Class | Atholl | ||
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Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
7 June 1828 - 1832 | Commanded by Captain John William Montagu, East Indies | ||
26 April 1839 - 30 October 1840 | Commanded by Captain Alexander Milne, North America & West Indies | ||
17 February 1841 - 25 November 1841 | Commanded by Captain Alexander Milne, North America & West Indies | ||
14 March 1842 - 1843 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Master commander Thomas Elson, troopship | ||
25 June 1845 - 9 May 1846 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain John Balfour Maxwell, flagship of Rear-Admiral Hugh Pigot, Queenstown | ||
12 May 1846 | Commanded by Commander Gower Lowe, particular service | ||
27 November 1846 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander Samuel Rosser Protheroe, receiving ship, Cork | ||
14 August 1850 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Greet, receiving ship, off the Tower of London | ||
16 January 1854 - 1861 | Commanded by Commander William Greet, receiving ship, off the Tower of London | ||
18 January 1858 | Commanded by Commander William Greet, receiving ship, off the Tower of London (until replaced by a branch office in London) |