HMS Badger (1911)

	HMS Badger during First World War
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Badger
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	933
Launched	11 July 1911
Fate	Sold 9 May 1921
General characteristics
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)
Propulsion	3 × Parsons turbines; 3 × Yarrow oil-fired boilers; 3 × shafts;
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V; 2 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I; 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

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.

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