Crocus is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae.
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Crocus may also refer to:
Crocus is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae.
Crocus may also refer to:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Charybdis, after the sea monster Charybdis of Greek mythology.
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Icarus, after the Icarus of Greek mythology.
Columbine may refer to:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achates after Achates, a character in Roman mythology. A sixth was planned but never completed:
The following ships of the Royal Navy were assigned the name Calypso, after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology:
Daphne was a naiad in Greek mythology.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britomart, after the Britomartis of Greek mythology:
The Crocus-class brig-sloops were a class of sloop-of-war built for the Royal Navy, and were the only Royal Navy brig-sloops ever designed rated for 14 guns. The class was designed by the Surveyors of the Navy jointly, and approved on 28 March 1807. Unlike the vast majority of other British brig-sloops built for the Royal Navy in this wartime period, which were built by contractors, construction of the Crocus class was confined to the Admiralty's own dockyards. One vessel was ordered from each of the Royal Dockyards on 30 March 1807; four more were ordered during 1808 and a final unit in 1810. All the ships of the class survived the Napoleonic Wars and were broken up between 1815 and 1833.
HMS Ontario can refer to several ships:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cadmus, after Cadmus, a prince in Greek mythology:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Banterer:
Archer class may refer to:
Philomel is another name for Philomela, a character from Greek mythology. It may refer to:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Crocus, after the crocus, a genus of flowering plants.
HMS Crocus was the nameship of the Crocus-class brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1808 and had an almost completely uneventful career until she was sold in 1815. She then became a merchantman trading with the West Indies and the Mediterranean. She was last listed in 1823.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Briseis, after the princess Briseis in Greek mythology:
Cruizer may refer to
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named Prospero for the Shakespearean character Prospero:
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Muros for Muros: