HMS Crocodile (1867)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Crocodile
Ordered1865
BuilderMoney Wigram and Sons
Launched7 January 1867
FateSold 11 May 1894
General characteristics
Class & typeEuphrates-class troopship
Displacement6,211 tons
Tons burthen4,206 tons BM
Length360 ft (109.7 m) (overall)
Beam49 ft 1.5 in (15.0 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Installed power
  • As built: 4,044 ihp (3,016 kW)
  • From 1869: unknown
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion (later compound-expansion) trunk engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque
Speed15 kn (28 km/h)
ArmamentThree 4-pounder guns

HMS Crocodile was a Euphrates-class troopship launched into the Thames from the Blackwall Yard of Money Wigram and Sons on 7 January 1867. She was the fourth and last vessel of the Royal Navy to carry the name.