• HMS Basilisk was a Bloodhound-class gun-brig built by Randall in Rotherhithe and launched in 1801. She served briefly at the end of the French Revolutionary...
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  • 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)...
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  • captured the Neptunus. On 3 August, Bold was in a squadron with Blazer, Basilisk, Tigress, Piercer, Ariadne and Furious when they captured Frederick Wilhelm...
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  • HMS Termagant was an 18-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1796 and sold in 1819. Termagant performed convoy duty during the French Revolutionary...
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    captured Alexis, Rebecca Angel, and Duen. On 22 October 1808, Spitfire and Basilisk (1801) sailed to the assistance of the sloop Cygnet, which the Dowlaw signal...
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  • captured her the next year, taking her into service as HMS Mutine. The Royal Navy renamed her HMS Pigmy in 1798. She was lost in 1805. On 17 August 1779...
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    74-gun HMS Alexander as part of the Channel fleet. Promoted to commander on 2 September 1779 and given command of the 8-gun fireship HMS Basilisk. With...
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    Copenhagen on 2 April 1801. In 1808 Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez was given command of the British Baltic fleet with his flag in HMS Victory. His mission...
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  • HMS Milbrook (or Millbrook) was one of six vessels built to an experimental design by Sir Samuel Bentham. After the Royal Navy took her into service in...
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    (1730) Salamander (1730) Terrible (1730) Alderney (1735) Basilisk class (1740) Blast (1740) Basilisk (1740) Thunder (1740) Carcass (1740) Lightning (1740)...
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