HMS Avon (1896)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Avon.
HMS Avon was a Vickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895–1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1805 for an 18-gun brig-sloop, sunk in 1847.[3][4]
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Name | Avon |
Ordered | 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates |
Builder | Barrow Shipbuilders and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 17 February 1896 |
Launched | 10 October 1896 |
Commissioned | February 1899 |
Out of service | Laid up in reserve 1919 |
Fate | 1 July 1920 sold to Castle of Plymouth for breaking |
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Class and type | Vickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2] |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
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Complement | 63 officers and men |
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