An item reported that on board of the aged British sloop HMS Basilisk (1) was an invention of a certain lieutenant Metcalf tested which would make it possible to bunker coal at sea. Until now were several successful tests in the harbour executed and now was the device to be executed at sea with the assistance of colliers which followed the fleet. The Basilisk was first destined for Portsmouth and from there join to the Home Fleet.
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1. Laid down at the Sheerness Dockyard on 1 May 1888, launched on 6 April 1889 as part of the Beagle-class twin screw steam sloops, became later the coal hulk C 7 and sold as Maggie Grech in 1905. Sister ship Beagle.
Note
1. Laid down at the Sheerness Dockyard on 1 May 1888, launched on 6 April 1889 as part of the Beagle-class twin screw steam sloops, became later the coal hulk C 7 and sold as Maggie Grech in 1905. Sister ship Beagle.
