HMS Basilisk (1848)

HMS Basilisk was a first-class paddle sloop of the Royal Navy, built at the Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 22 August 1848.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Basilisk and HMAS Basilisk.

Basilisk (left) and the merchantman Queen Anne (right)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Basilisk
Ordered26 March 1846
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Cost£54,745
Laid downNovember 1846
Launched22 August 1848
CommissionedJuly 1852
FateBroken up at Chatham in 1882
General characteristics
TypeFirst-class paddle sloop
Displacement1,710 tons
Tons burthen
  • Designed: 1,00124/94 bm
  • As built: 1,031 bm
Length
  • 190 ft 0 in (57.9 m) (gundeck)
  • 166 ft 1 in (50.6 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 0 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder oscillating steam engine
  • Paddle wheels
Sail planBarque
Complement145
Armament
  • 1 × 68-pounder (95 cwt) pivot gun
  • 1 × 10-inch (84 cwt) gun
  • 4 × 32-pounder (42 cwt) guns
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