HMS BASILISK British Destroyer, 1930’s

  • HMS Basilisk (H11), a Royal Navy B-class destroyer launched in 1930.
  • The vessel served in the Mediterranean patrol during the 1930s before being lost in 1940.
  • It was powered by turbines delivering a maximum speed of 35 knots.
  • Its armament included four 4.7-inch guns and two 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns. NHHC (.mil) +1

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  • NH 61782 HMS BASILISK British Destroyer, 1930Caption: British destroyer of the Mediterranean patrol, 21 October 1937. ; Catalog #: NH 61782 ; Copyright Owner: Naval History an…NHHC (.mil)
  • B Class DestroyersArmament: Four 4.7 inch guns, two 2 pdr anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes. Specifications for the rest: Displacem…World Naval Ships

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