H.M.S. Avon (1896)

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H.M.S. Avon (1896)
Pendant Number: D.02 (1914)
D.45 (Sep 1915)
D.08 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 17 Feb, 1896[4]
Launched: 10 Oct, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1899[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Avon was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In late 1905 she was in reserve at Devonport and used for "instruction of Cadets" at Dartmouth, her officers being borne in H.M.S. Vivid.[8]

In late 1906, she was in nucleus crew reserve at Devonport.[9]

In early 1910, she was in the Devonport Flotilla of the Third Division, Home Fleet.[10]

In July 1913, she was with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 281.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 270a.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 269a.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 4 May, 1900. Issue 36133, col F, p. 7.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 January, 1901. Issue 36348, col D, p. 8.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 228.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 January, 1901. Issue 36348, col D, p. 8.
  16. Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
  17. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 228.
  18. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  19. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 281.
  20. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 August, 1906. Issue 38091, col D, p. 6.
  21. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 281.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 281.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 281.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 283.
  26. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392g.
  27. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392g.
  28. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391o.
  29. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 736.

Bibliography


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