SMS Basilisk (1878)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Basilisk |
| Namesake | SMS Basilisk |
| Operator | Imperial German Navy |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down | September 1877 |
| Launched | 14 September 1878 |
| Commissioned | 20 August 1880 |
| Decommissioned | 18 September 1881 |
| Stricken | 27 September 1910 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wespe-class gunboat |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 46.4 m (152 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 3.2 to 3.4 m (10 ft 6 in to 11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Range | 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 1 × 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun |
| Armor | |
SMS Basilisk was an ironclad gunboat of the Wespe class built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ships, which were armed with a single 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun, were intended to serve as part of a coastal defense fleet. Because Basilisk was a purely defensive vessel, she saw little active use, apart from brief stints in active service for sea trials upon completion in 1880, and then again in 1881. The ship remained in the fleet's inventory until 1910, when it was discarded. She was eventually sold to ship breakers in 1919 and dismantled the following year.