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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Basilisk			Woolwich DYd	11.1846	22.8.1848	7.1852	BU 1882

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1710
Displacement full, t
Length, m	57.9 pp
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	2.82
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE oscillating
Power, h. p.	400nhp 1033ihp
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML
Complement	145

Project history

1st class sloop. Oliver Lang design of 1846. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.