| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Crocus |
| Namesake: | Crocus |
| Builder: | Mercantile-Belyard Shipyard, Rupelmonde |
| Launched: | 3 September 1986 |
| Christened: | 18 September 1986 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tripartite-class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 536 t (528 long tons) empty 605 t (595 long tons) full load |
| 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: | 1 × 1370 kW Werkspoor RUB 215 V12 diesel engine 2 × 180 kW ACEC active rudders 1 × HOLEC bow propellor |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats 1 × Atlas Elektronik Seafox ROV |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 × Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2022 Mk III Hull Mounted Sonar 1 × SAAB Bofors Double Eagle Mk III Self Propelled Variable Depth Sonar 1 × Consilium Selesmar Type T-250/10CM003 Radar |
| Armament: | 3 × 12.7 mm machine guns |
Crocus (M917) is a Tripartite class minehunter of the Belgian Naval Component, launched on September 3, 1986 at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and christened by Mrs. Gaethofs-Schreurs, the wife of the then Mayor of Genk, on September 18, 1986. The patronage of the Crocus was accepted by the city of Genk. It was the third of the Belgian Tripartite class minehunters.
It is currently commanded by Lieutenant First Class Wim Maes.
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