SMS Basilisk (1878)

Basilisk's sister ship Natter in Kiel
History
German Empire
Name	Basilisk
Namesake	SMS Basilisk
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen
Laid down	September 1877
Launched	14 September 1878
Commissioned	20 August 1880
Decommissioned	18 September 1881
Stricken	27 September 1910
Fate	Broken up, 1920
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	Design: 1,098 t (1,081 long tons) Full load: 1,163 t (1,145 long tons)
Length	46.4 m (152 ft 3 in)
Beam	10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draft	3.2 to 3.4 m (10 ft 6 in to 11 ft 2 in)
Installed power	4 × fire-tube boilers 800 PS (790 ihp)
Propulsion	2 × double-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	3 officers 73–85 enlisted
Armament	1 × 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun
Armor	Belt: 102 to 203 mm (4 to 8 in) Barbette: 203 mm (8 in) Deck: 44 mm (1.7 in)

SMS Basilisk was an ironclad gunboat of the Wespe class built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ships, which were armed with a single 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun, were intended to serve as part of a coastal defense fleet.