HMS Badger (1911)
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HMS Badger during First World War
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| Name: | HMS Badger |
| Builder: | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number: | 933 |
| Launched: | 11 July 1911 |
| Fate: | Sold 9 May 1921 |
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| Class and type: | Acheron-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 990 tons |
| Length: | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Beam: | 7.8 m (26 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
| Installed power: | 13,500 shp (10,100 kW) |
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| Speed: | 27 kn (50 km/h) |
| Complement: | 70 |
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HMS Badger was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the eighth Royal Navy ship to be named Badger, after the mammal of the same name.
She was built under the 1910-11 shipbuilding programme by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton and was launched on 11 July 1911. She and her sister-ship Beaver were completed with geared steam turbines for evaluation purposes and were known as "Parsons Specials".
Badger served with the First Destroyer Flotilla from 1911 and, with her flotilla, joined the British Grand Fleet in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War.
She was present on 28 August 1914 at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, detached from the First Destroyer Flotilla along with Jackal, Beaver and Sandfly. She shared in the prize money for the engagement.
On 24 October 1914 she became the first Allied ship to successfully attack a German Navy U-boat when she rammed U-19 off the Dutch coast.U-19 was severely damaged but managed to return to port, was repaired and survived the war.
The 1st Destroyer Flotilla served at Jutland; it was Badger's distressing duty to rescue the crew of HMS Invincible, which had blown up after a German salvo penetrated the magazines. Of the crew of 1,021, only two officers and four crew were rescued. Her commanding officer at the time of the battle was Commander C A Fremantle.
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