| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 03 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 May 1940 |
| Launched | 17 Mar 1941 |
| Commissioned | 18 Aug 1941 |
| End service | 16 Nov 1944 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 16 November 1944 and renamed Arendal. Commanding Officers: Lt. Gordon Thomas Seccombe Gray, DSC, RN ??? Lt. Gilbert Foster Davies, RN ??? HMS Badsworth in Dockyard Control during repairs |
| Career notes | To the Royal Norwegian Navy as Arendal |
Commands listed for HMS Badsworth (L 03)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Michael Southcote Townsend, OBE, DSC, RN | 10 Jun 1941 | 8 Jan 1942 | |
| 2 | Lt. Gordon Thomas Seccombe Gray, RN | 8 Jan 1942 | ||
| 3 | Lt. Gilbert Foster Davies, RN | Mid 1943 | ??? | |
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Noteable events involving Badsworth include:
2 May 1942
On 2 May 1942 the British merchant Jutland in convoy PQ-15 was torpedoed and damaged by a German torpedo aircraft of I/KG 26 south of Bear Island. One passenger was lost. The master, 53 crew members and eight passengers abandoned ship and were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Badsworth (Lt. G.T.S. Gray, DSC, RN) and landed at Murmansk on 6 May.
At 00.14 hours on 3 May 1942, the abandoned Jutland was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-251 in position 73º02'N, 19º46'E.