HMS Badminton (1918)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Builder: | Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched: | 18 March 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold 19 May 1928 to Ward, Inverkeithing |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class |
| Displacement: | 710 tons |
| Length: | 231 ft (70 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp |
| Speed: | max 16 knots |
| Range: | 140 tons coal |
| Complement: | 73 men |
| Armament: | 1x QF 4 inch forward QF 12 pounder aft 2x twin 0.303 inch machine guns |
HMS Badminton was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.
In the early 1920s, Badminton took part in coastal patrols off Ireland, mainly in supply and and support role to Coastguard stations, but also targeting possible gun smuggling.
[edit] See also
- HMS Badminton for other ships of the same name
- Badminton, Gloucestershire
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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