HMS Badminton (1918)

Career (UK)
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:1 × QF 4 inch forward
QF 12-pounder aft
2 × 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 support role to Coastguard stations, but also targeting possible gun smuggling.

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