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''Badger'' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|Acheron]] class.
'''H.M.S. ''Badger''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
 
==Radio==
She was one of 18 [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class destroyers]] fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer Sets]].{{ARTS1912|Wireless Appendix, p. 6}}
 
==Service==
In July 1913, ''Badger'' was serving with the {{UK-DF|1}}.{{NLJul13|p. 282}}
 
In June 1914, planned alterations in [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], when the ship was presumably serving with the {{UK-DF|1}} were to be deferred:{{AWO1914|36 of 19 June, 1914}}
* fitting of boom to stern
* addition of loading lights to guns
 
On 29 October 1914, ''Badger'' was patrolling near the Terschelling Lightship for U-boats with the 2nd Division of the First Flotilla and located and rammed {{DE-U19}}.  She only damaged the U-boat, but her stem collapsed back to the first bulkhead, prompting a strengthening of the bows of her class.{{HardLying|p. 120}}
 
She fought at the [[Battle of Jutland]] under {{CommRN}} [[Charles Albert Fremantle|Charles A. Fremantle]] as part of the {{UK-DF|1}},{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 46}} which was tasked with screening the {{UK-BS|5}}.  It fell upon her to look for survivors of the {{UK-Invincible}}.
 
Reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 729}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Albert Fremantle|nick=Charles A. Fremantle|appt=29 July, 1912{{NLJan15|p. 280}}<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 441.</ref>|end=after 1 June, 1916{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|ass=after 1 June, 1916{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}|end=7 November, 1916<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan Montagu Yeats-Brown|nick=Alan M. Yeats-Brown|appt=7 November, 1916<ref>Yeats-Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/265.|D7603050}}  f. 300.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 392''i''}}|end=10 January, 1917<ref>Yeats-Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/265.|D7603050}}  f. 300.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Burdge Compton|nick=Walter B. Compton|appt=10 January, 1917<ref>Compton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/247.|D7603033}} f. 281.</ref>|end=26 February, 1917<ref>Compton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/247.|D7603033}} f. 281.</ref>|note=and for command of Portsmouth Escort Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (Emergency List)|name=Conyngham Charles Denison|nick=Conyngham C. Denison|appt=4 March, 1917<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/26.|D7604439}} f. 184.</ref>|end=12 May, 1917<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/26.|D7604439}} f. 184.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Kenneth Gordon Ramsey|nick=Kenneth G. Ramsey|appt=12 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 391''o''}}|end=22 February, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Corlett|nick=Geoffrey Corlett|appt=22 February, 1918<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 737}}|end=28 March, 1919<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>}}
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==Searchlights==
''Badger'' had a (hydraulic?) control system to control her searchlights whose success prompted an Admiralty order to fit the same gear to the earlier [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class]],{{AWO1914|441 of 2 Oct, 1914}} and almost immediately thereafter the initiative was to be extended to the destroyers of the [[First Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|First]],  [[Second Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Second]] and {{UK-DF|4}}s.{{AWO1914|441 of 6 Oct, 1914}}  This system was apparently conceived by her captain, [[Charles Albert Fremantle]].<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 441.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:47, 7 April 2018

H.M.S. Badger (1911)
Pendant Number: H.15 (1914)
H.52 (Sep 1915)
H.09 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 11 Jul, 1911[4]
Completed: Aug, 1912[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Badger was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]

Service

In July 1913, Badger was serving with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

In June 1914, planned alterations in Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, when the ship was presumably serving with the First Destroyer Flotilla were to be deferred:[9]

  • fitting of boom to stern
  • addition of loading lights to guns

On 29 October 1914, Badger was patrolling near the Terschelling Lightship for U-boats with the 2nd Division of the First Flotilla and located and rammed U 19. She only damaged the U-boat, but her stem collapsed back to the first bulkhead, prompting a strengthening of the bows of her class.[10]

She fought at the Battle of Jutland under Commander Charles A. Fremantle as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla,[11] which was tasked with screening the Fifth Battle Squadron. It fell upon her to look for survivors of the Invincible.

Reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Searchlights

Badger had a (hydraulic?) control system to control her searchlights whose success prompted an Admiralty order to fit the same gear to the earlier Beagle class,[29] and almost immediately thereafter the initiative was to be extended to the destroyers of the First, Second and Fourth Destroyer Flotillas.[30] This system was apparently conceived by her captain, Charles Albert Fremantle.[31]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 36 of 19 June, 1914.
  10. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 120.
  11. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 46.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 729.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 280.
  14. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  15. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  16. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  17. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  18. ↑ Yeats-Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/265. f. 300.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392i.
  20. ↑ Yeats-Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/265. f. 300.
  21. ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/247. f. 281.
  22. ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/247. f. 281.
  23. ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  24. ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391o.
  26. ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 737.
  28. ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  29. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 441 of 2 Oct, 1914.
  30. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 441 of 6 Oct, 1914.
  31. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.

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