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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.

Lieutenant & Commander Murray MacG. Lockhart, 27 April, 1900^[12] – 23 January, 1901^[13]^[14]
Lieutenant John R. Segrave, 23 January, 1901^[15] – 26 February, 1901^[16]
Lieutenant & Commander John W. E. Townsend, 4 November, 1901^[17]
Lieutenant in Command Robert H. Coppinger, 16 July, 1901^[18] (for manoeuvres)
Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. Muller, 3 January, 1905^[19]
Chief Gunner in Command David H. Williams, 1 April, 1906^[20]
Lieutenant Arthur L. Popham, 3 August, 1906^[21]^[22]
Lieutenant & Commander John E. P. Bickford, 1907^[23]
Lieutenant & Commander Cecil R. Hemans, 20 March, 1909^[24]^[25] – 27 May, 1910^[26]
Lieutenant & Commander Cecil R. Hemans, 3 December, 1910^[27]^[28] – 11 January, 1912^[29] (and as Acting Interpreter in German from 30 October, 1911)
Lieutenant & Commander Frederic A. H. Russel, 22 February, 1912^[30]^[31] – 15 January, 1914^[32]
Commander Charles A. W. Wrightson, 30 January, 1914^[33]
Lieutenant-Commander Duncan W. Roe, 17 April, 1914^[34] – after March, 1915
Lieutenant in Command Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier, 2 September, 1915^[35]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William H. Brown, 7 December, 1916^[36]
Acting Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.R. Robert McMurray, 12 September, 1918^[37]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 281.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 270a.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 269a.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 4 May, 1900. Issue 36133, col F, p. 7.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 January, 1901. Issue 36348, col D, p. 8.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 228.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 January, 1901. Issue 36348, col D, p. 8.
↑ Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 228.
↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 281.
↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 281.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 August, 1906. Issue 38091, col D, p. 6.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 281.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 281.
↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 281.
↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 281.
↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 283.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392g.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392g.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391o.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 736.

Bibliography

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[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] The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 281.

[21] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 August, 1906. Issue 38091, col D, p. 6.

[22] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 281.

[23] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 281.

[24] Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.

[25] The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 281.

[26] Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.

[27] Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.

[28] The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 281.

[29] Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.

[30] Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.

[31] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.

[32] Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.

[33] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 283.

[34] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392g.

[35] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392g.

[36] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391o.

[37] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 736.

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