HMS Avon

HMS Avon

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Avon". "Avon" comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river".

*HMS "Avon" was an 18-gun "Cruizer class brig-sloop launched in 1805. In 1814 she was sunk in action with the American "Wasp" in the English Channel.
*HMS "Avon" was a 2-gun wooden paddle package ship transferred from the GPO to the Royal Navy in 1837. From 1843 she was used as a survey ship and she was sold in 1863.
*HMS "Avon" was a 2-gun wooden paddle gunboat purchased in 1862. She was used in the New Zealand land wars and sold in 1865 as a coal hulk. Later she became "Clyde".
*HMS "Avon" was a 4-gun composite screw gunvessel launched in 1867. She was sold in 1890.
*HMS "Avon" was a destroyer launched in 1896. She was sold in 1920.
*HMS "Avon" was a "River class" frigate launched in 1943. She was handed over to the Portuguese Navy in 1949 where she was renamed "Nuno Tristao". She was broken up in 1970.

References

*Colledge


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