HMS Avon (1896)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Avon.

History
United kingdom
NameAvon
Ordered1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
BuilderBarrow Shipbuilders and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down17 February 1896
Launched10 October 1896
CommissionedFebruary 1899
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
Fate1 July 1920 sold to Castle of Plymouth for breaking
General characteristics
Class and typeVickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 355 long tons (361 t) standard
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
  • 214 ft 3 in (65.30 m) o/a
  • 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam
  • 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) Draught
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 70 tons coal
  • 1,440 nmi (2,670 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament

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]

  1. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
  2. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919, reprinted]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
  3. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. pp. 84 to 85.
  4. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). p. 76.