HMS Basilisk explained

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Basilisk, after the Basilisk, a mythical lizard:

• was a 4-gun bomb vessel launched in 1695 and broken up in 1729.
• was a 4-gun bomb vessel launched in 1740 and sold in 1750.
• was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1759 and captured in 1762 by the French privateer .
• HMS Basilisk was a fireship, previously the 14-gun sloop . She was renamed HMS Basilisk in 1779 and was sold in 1783.
• was a 12-gun launched in 1801 and sold in 1815.
• was a 6-gun cutter launched in 1822 and sold in 1846.
• was a wood paddle sloop launched in 1848 and broken up in 1882.
• was a steel screw sloop launched in 1889. She became a coal hulk and was renamed C 7, finally being sold into civilian service in 1905.
• was a launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.
• was a launched in 1930 and sunk in 1940.