HMS Crocodile (1806)

HMS Crocodile was a 22-gun frigate built in South Shields in 1806.

The captains of HMS Crocodile include:


 * Captain George Edmund Byron Bettesworth
 * While with Crocodile, Bettesworth was involved in an unsuccessful claim for salvage rights to the American vessel Walker. A French privateer had captured Walker, but her crew has subsequently recaptured their ship when Crocodile came on the scene and escorted her to Halifax. For this service, Crocodile claimed salvage rights. The court did not agree.


 * Captain Hon. George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
 * Captain John Richard Lumley

Events
Thomas Ludlam, former Governor of Sierra Leone died on board HMS Crocodile on 25 July 1810.