HMS Basilisk (H11)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Basilisk
Namesake	Basilisk
Ordered	4 March 1929
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	531[2]
Laid down	19 August 1929
Launched	6 August 1930
Completed	4 March 1931
Identification	Pennant number: H11[1]
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 1 June 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	B-class destroyer
Displacement	1,360 long tons (1,380 t) (standard)
Length	323 ft (98.5 m) (o/a)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.8 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.7 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	142 (wartime)
Sensors and processing systems	Type 119 ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × single 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × depth charge rail and 2 throwers; 20 × depth charges

HMS Basilisk was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home Fleet in 1936. The ship escorted convoys and conducted anti-submarine patrols early in World War II before participating in the Norwegian Campaign. Basilisk was sunk by German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.