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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 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.

Lieutenant & Commander Murray MacG. Lockhart, 27 April, 1900^[12]
Lieutenant John R. Segrave, 23 January, 1901^[13]
Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. Muller, 3 January, 1905^[14]
Lieutenant Arthur L. Popham, 3 August, 1906^[15]
Lieutenant & Commander Cecil R. Hemans, 20 March, 1909^[16]
Lieutenant & Commander Frederic A. H. Russel, 22 February, 1912^[17]
Commander Charles A. W. Wrightson, 30 January, 1914^[18]
Lieutenant-Commander Duncan W. Roe, 17 April, 1914^[19]
Acting Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.R. Robert McMurray, 12 September, 1918^[20]

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 Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 281.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 August, 1906. Issue 38091, col D, p. 6.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 281.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 283.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 279.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 736.

Bibliography

"C" Class Destroyer

Star

Whiting

Bat

Chamois

Crane

Flying Fish

Fawn

Flirt

Bullfinch

Dove

Violet

Sylvia

Lee

Avon

Bittern

Otter

Leopard

Vixen

Brazen

Electra

Recruit

Vulture

Kestrel

Cheerful

Mermaid

Greyhound

Racehorse

Roebuck

Gipsy

Fairy

Osprey

Leven

Falcon

Ostrich

Thorn

Tiger

Vigilant

Albatross

Viper

Velox

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"B" Class

Destroyers (UK)

"D" Class

–>

[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.

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