HMS Badger

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Eight ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Badger, after the Eurasian badger:

Ships

Shore establishment

Hired armed vessels

Excise cutter

HMRC Badger (cutter, 1794) 10 guns, drawing published in 1796 The Badger Excise Cutter RMG PW7984.tiff
HMRC Badger (cutter, 1794) 10 guns, drawing published in 1796

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Notes

  1. ↑ "No. 15533". The London Gazette . 16 November 1802. p. 1213.
  2. ↑ "No. 15088". The London Gazette . 11 December 1798. p. 1193.
  3. ↑ Lloyd's List, no. 4931.
  4. ↑ "No. 17697". The London Gazette . 14 April 1821. p. 847.
  5. ↑ Chatterton, E. Keble (1912). "XVIII". King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 . Retrieved 18 October 2020– via Project Gutenberg.
  6. ↑ "The Ship's Company of Penetanguishene - Vessels". www.shipscompany.ca. Retrieved 21 September 2024.

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