HMS Basilisk
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HMS Basilisk
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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
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List of ships with the same or similar names
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Basilisk
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2022-04-15T03:26:27Z
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