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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