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==Service==
==Service==
''Basilisk'' commissioned at Sheerness on 24 June, 1890.{{NLMar92|p. 202}}  She was sent to relieve Cdr. [[Henry Charles Bigge|H. C. Bigge]]'s composite gun-vessel [[H.M.S. Flamingo (1876)|''Flamingo'']], which was then to return to England to be dismantled.{{NMI|21 Aug. 1890, p. 8}}  They were to rendezvous at Pernambuco.
{{UK-1Nymphe}}'s captain was thought to have been at fault after she collided with the ''Basilisk'' around early 1901.


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lewis Edmund Wintz|nick=Lewis E. Wintz|appt=24 June, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 202}}|end=9 November, 1893|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Percy Ashe|nick=Edward P. Ashe|appt=January, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 203}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Berkeley Elwyn|nick=Henry B. Elwyn|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=29 August, 1894|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dodgson|nick=Arthur Dodgson|appt=22 March, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 230}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Charles Woods|nick=Arthur C. Woods|appt=10 December, 1895|end=January, 1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Couper|nick=George Couper|appt=11 January, 1902{{NLMay02|p. 229}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Percy Ashe|nick=Edward P. Ashe|appt=January, 1896<ref>Ashe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/39.|D7578769}} f. 44.</ref>{{NLOct98|p. 228}}|end=3 June, 1899<ref>Ashe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/39.|D7578769}} f. 44.</ref>|note=loaned to ''Retribution'' from 14 August to 9 October, 1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dodgson|nick=Arthur Dodgson|appt=22 March, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 230}}|end=31 December, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Couper|nick=George Couper|appt=11 January, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 232}}|end=5 May, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Cave Humfrey|nick=John C. Humfrey|appt=15 April, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 283}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Cave Humfrey|nick=John C. Humfrey|appt=15 April, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 283}}|end=}}
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 4 May 2020

H.M.S. Basilisk (1889)
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 1 May, 1888[2]
Launched: 6 Apr, 1889[3]
Completed: Dec, 1889[4]
Commissioned: 24 Jun, 1890[5]
Sold: 1905[6]

H.M.S. Basilisk was one of two Beagle Class screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Basilisk commissioned at Sheerness on 24 June, 1890.[7] She was sent to relieve Cdr. H. C. Bigge's composite gun-vessel Flamingo, which was then to return to England to be dismantled.[8] They were to rendezvous at Pernambuco.

Nymphe's captain was thought to have been at fault after she collided with the Basilisk around early 1901.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 197.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 202.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 21 Aug. 1890, p. 8.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 202.
  10. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  11. ↑ Ashe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/39. f. 44.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 228.
  13. ↑ Ashe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/39. f. 44.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 230.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 232.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 283.

Bibliography


Beagle Class Screw Sloop
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