HMS Basilisk

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Basilisk, 1822
Type: Cutter / ketch ; Armament 10
Launched : 1822 ; Disposal date or year : 1846
Disposal Details : Condemned at the Navigators and sold
Notes:

10 Nov 1825 arrived Harwich after encountering successive heavy gales of wind is the North Sea, without being able to run for any port for shelter ; one man drowned.

13 Jul 1825 arrived Falmouth from London.

14 Jul 1825 Lt Hough, departed Falmouth for Dublin.

Circa Oct - Dec 1830 : a cruiser on the Sheerness and North Sea Station, Lt. J. A. Wright in command, per Part I United Services Journal for 1831.

6 Jul 1835 is reported to have departed from Rio de Janeiro for the Pacific.

30 Oct 1835 reported to be off the coast of South America between Callao and Mexico.

17 Apr 1836 remains in the Pacific.

Circa Jan 1839 at the Falkland islands.

7 Aug 1840, arrived Valparaiso from Cobigs.

4 Nov, 1840 at Valparaiso.

1 Mar 1841 departed Valparaiso for Capicepo.

30 Jul 1841 arrived at Valparaiso from San Antonio, and departed again for Cobija 25th of August.

3 Oct 1841 departed Valparaiso for Coquimbo &c.

11 Nov 1841 at Valparaiso.

31 Mar 1842 departed Valparaiso with provisions for the Dublin at Callao.

6 Aug 1842 at Valparaiso was reported to be at Callao when the Curacoa, departed for England.

5 Feb 1843 arrived Callao from Yslay.

15 Mar 1845 The schooner Will Watch, Captain Forbes, was to leave Honolulu for Sydney via Tahiti, on the 26th January. H. M. Ketch Basilisk was at Honolulu.

30 August 1845 The only vessels at Honolulu were HMS Talbot, 28, HMS Basilisk, and an American store-ship.

14 March 1846 The only vessel spoken by the Mary White was the Parramatta, from Valparaiso to Liverpool, having onboard the officers and crew of HM Ketch Basilisk, lately condemned at the Navigators.

18 Apr 1846 Lieutenant Hunt, and the crew of the late Basilisk, were expected at Valparaiso in the Talbot, on their way to England.