British Basilisk Class

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Basilisk Class

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 19.00 Imperial Pound ( 8.62 kg)		BWAS-1714
Gun Deck	1 x British 10" Mortar
Gun Deck	12 x British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck	1 x British 13" Mortar
Gun Deck	8 x British 4-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						91' 5"	73' 10 ½"	26' 0"	11' 0"	265 ¹⁷⁄₉₄
Blast (8) 1740-1745 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	11.3.1739/40	Deptford - London	28.8.1740	19.10.1745	Captured	91' 5"	73' 10 ½"	26' 0"	11' 0"	265 ¹⁷⁄₉₄
Basilisk (8) 1740-1750 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	11.3.1739/40	Limehouse - London	30.8.1740	14.8.1750	Sold	91' 5"	75' 3 ½"	26' 0"	10' 11 ½"	270 ⁶⁹⁄₉₄
Thunder (8) 1740-1744 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	11.3.1739/40	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	30.8.1740	20.10.1744	Wrecked	91' 3"	74' 7"	26' 3"	10' 11 ¾"	265 ¹⁷⁄₉₄
Carcass (8) 1740-1749 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	11.3.1739/40	Cuckolds Point - Rotherhithe	27.9.1740	2.3.1748/49	Sold	91' 5"	74' 2"	26' 4 ½"	11' 0"	274 ⁴³⁄₉₄
Lightning (8) 1740-1746 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	11.3.1739/40	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	24.10.1740	16.6.1746	Foundered	90' 10"	73' 10 ½"	26' 5 ½"	11' 0"	275 ⁷⁄₉₄
Furnace (8) 1740-1763 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	11.3.1739/40	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	25.10.1740	31.3.1763	Sold	91' 6"	73' 11 ⅞"	26' 4"	11' 0"	272 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄

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BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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