HMS Badger (1911) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Badger was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during World War I 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."