HMS Basilisk

Last updated December 26, 2021

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Basilisk, after the Basilisk, a mythical lizard:

HMS Basilisk (1695) was a 4-gun bomb vessel launched in 1695 and broken up in 1729.
HMS Basilisk (1740) was a 4-gun bomb vessel launched in 1740 and sold in 1750.
HMS Basilisk (1759) was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1759 and captured in 1762 by the French privateer Audacieux.
HMS Basilisk was a fireship, previously the 14-gun sloop HMS Grasshopper. She was renamed HMS Basilisk in 1779 and was sold in 1783.
HMS Basilisk (1801) was a 12-gun Bloodhound-class gun-brig launched in 1801 and sold in 1815.
HMS Basilisk (1822) was a 6-gun cutter launched in 1822 and sold in 1846.
HMS Basilisk (1848) was a wood paddle sloop launched in 1848 and broken up in 1882.
HMS Basilisk (1889) was a Beagle-class steel screw sloop launched in 1889. She became a coal hulk and was renamed C 7, finally being sold into civilian service in 1905.
HMS Basilisk (1910) was a Beagle-class destroyer launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.
HMS Basilisk (H11) was a B-class destroyer launched in 1930 and sunk in 1940.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

Related Research Articles

The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:

Eight vessels and one shore station of the Royal Navy were named HMS Grasshopper, named for the grasshopper, a common type of herbivorous insect.

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion after the carnivorous arthropod, or the scorpion, a ballistic weapon in use in the Roman army:

Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bulldog, after the bulldog, with an eighth announced:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Guernsey, after the island of Guernsey. Two more were planned but never completed:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Thunder, while an eleventh was planned but never built:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:

HMS Blast has been the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy:

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.