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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Murray MacGregor Lockhart|Murray MacG. Lockhart]], 27 April, 1900.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 4 May, 1900.  Issue '''36133''', col F, p. 7.</ref>
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*  {{LieutRN}} [[John Roderick Segrave|John R. Segrave]], 23 January, 1901.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 10 January, 1901.  Issue '''36348''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Arthur Gardiner Muller|Arthur G. Muller]], 3 January, 1905.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (December, 1905), p. 281.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Arthur Gardiner Muller|nick=Arthur G. Muller|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 281}}}}
*  Lieutenant [[Arthur Leyborne Popham|Arthur L. Popham]], 3 August, 1906.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 6 August, 1906.  Issue '''38091''', col D, p. 6.</ref>
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Cecil Rupert Hemans|Cecil R. Hemans]], 20 March, 1909.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1910), p. 281.</ref>
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|Frederic A. H. Russel]], 22 February, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 282.</ref> 
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*  {{CommRN}} [[Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson|Charles A. W. Wrightson]], 30 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 283.</ref>
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*  {{LCommRN}} [[Duncan West Roe|Duncan W. Roe]], 17 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 279.</ref>
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*  Acting Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.R. [[Robert McMurray]], 12 September, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919), p. 736.</ref>
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Revision as of 18:50, 6 May 2014

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 destroyers of the "C" class — 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 Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 281.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 August, 1906. Issue 38091, col D, p. 6.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 281.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 283.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 279.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 736.

Bibliography


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