HMS Avon (1896)
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | HMS Avon |
| Ordered | 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates |
| Builder | Barrow Shipbuilders and Vickers Limited, 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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Vickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer[1][2] |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 355 t (349 long tons) standard |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 70 tons coal 1,440 nmi (2,670 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h) |
| Complement | 63 officers and men |
| Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War I 1914 - 1918 |
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 a 18-gun brig-sloop, sunk in 1847.[3][4]
Construction
She was laid down as Yard Number 249 on 17 February 1896 at the Barrow Shipbuilding Company shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness and launched on 10 October 1896. During her builder’s trials she made her contracted speed requirement. In 1897 during the construction of these ships, the Barrow Shipbuilding Company was purchases by Vickers and Sons Limited and renamed as the Naval Constuction and Armaments Shipyard. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in January 1899.[3][4]
Pre-War
After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast Flotilla based at Harwich. She was deployed in Home waters for her entire service life.
On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. Since her design speed was 30-knots and she had three funnels she was assigned to the C Class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as an C Class destroyer and had the letter ‘C’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.[5]
World War I
For the test mobilization in July of 1914 she was assigned to the 7th Destroyer Flotilla based at Devonport tendered to HMS Leander, destroyer depot ship to the 7th Flotilla. In September of 1914 the 7th was redeployed to the Humber River. Her employment within the Humber Patrol included anti-submarine and counter mining patrols.
In November 1916 she deployed to the Irish Sea Hunting Flotilla until the cessation of hostilities providing anti-submarine and counter smuggling patrols following the Easter Uprising of 1916 in Dublin.
Disposition
In 1919 she was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal. She was sold on 1 July 1920 to Castle of Plymouth for breaking.[6]
She was not awarded a Battle Honour for her service.
Pennant Numbers
| Pennant Number[6] | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| D02 | 6 Dec 1914 | 1 Sep 1915 |
| D45 | 1 Sep 1915 | 1 Jan 1918 |
| D08 | 1 Jan 1918 | 1 Jul 1920 |
References
NOTE: All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed Jane's Fighting Ships volume unless otherwise specified
- ^ Jane, Fred T. (1905, Reprinted 1969). Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b Jane, Fred T. (1898, Reprinted 1969). Jane’s All The Worlds Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922. Conway Maritime Press. 1985, Reprinted 1986, 1997, 2002, 2006. p. Page 17 to 19. ISBN 0 85177 245 5.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.
- Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
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