HMS Badsworth (L03)
| Navy |
Royal Navy |
| Type: | Escort destroyer |
| Class: | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant: | L 03 |
| Built by: | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Laid down: | 15 May, 1940 |
| Launched: | 17 Mar, 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 18 Aug, 1941 |
| End service: | 16 Nov, 1944 |
| History: | |
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16 June 1942
Sustained major structural
damage forward after detonating a mine whilst entering Grand
Harbour, Malta.
killing 10 of the crew 22 April 1943 Mined at Bone, Algeria and sustained major structural damage aft. Starboard engine immobilised and both shafts distorted Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 16 November 1944 and renamed HNoMS Arendal. Scrapped in 1965.
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