HMS Basilisk (1848)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Basilisk and HMAS Basilisk.
HMS Basilisk was a first-class paddle sloop of the Royal Navy, built at the Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 22 August 1848.[2]
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Basilisk (left) and the merchantman Queen Anne (right) | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Basilisk |
Ordered | 26 March 1846 |
Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
Cost | £54,745[1][Note 1] |
Laid down | November 1846 |
Launched | 22 August 1848 |
Commissioned | July 1852 |
Fate | Broken up at Chatham in 1882 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | First-class paddle sloop |
Displacement | 1,710 tons |
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Length |
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Beam | 34 ft 0 in (10.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft 6 in (6.6 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barque |
Complement | 145 |
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