HMS Badminton

HMS Badminton

Two Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS "Badminton", after Badminton, Gloucestershire:

* "Badminton", a Hunt class minesweeper (1916) launched May 1918; sold 1928
* "Badminton" (M1149), a Ton class minesweeper launched 1954; broken up in 1970


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