Basilisk 1900
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Beagle | Portsmouth DYd | 14.5.1888 | 28.2.1889 | 9.1889 | sold to BU 7.1905 | ||
| Basilisk | Sheerness DYd | 1.5.1888 | 6.4.1889 | 12.1889 | coal hulk 1905 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1170 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
59.4 pp |
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Breadth, m |
8.53 |
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Draught, m |
3.81 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
sails + 2 3-cyl HTE, boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
14.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 180 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
3000(10) |
| Armour, mm | steel; deck: 37-25 |
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Armament |
8 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV/V, 4 x 4 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 4 x 5 - 11.4/78 |
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Complement |
138 |
Project history: This class was the first steel-sheathed version of the composite-hulled Nymphe class, and with the same dimensions. Both were schooner-rigged. Two guns were mounted forward on either beam, forward of the foremast, and four guns were mounted amidships, two on either side, abaft the funnel and mainmast. Two guns were also mounted on the poop deck. Machine guns were two 11.43mm and four 25mm Nordenfelds, and two 11.43mm Gardners. The steel hulls were copper-sheathed from the waterline downwards.
Ship protection: Ships had a protective deck of 25mm to 38mm steel extending over the machinery and boilers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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