Six ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
have borne the name HMS ''Avon''. ''Avon'' comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river".
* was an 18-gun launched in 1805. In 1814 she was sunk in action with the American
''Wasp'' in the
English Channel
The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" ( Cotentinais) or (Jèrriais), ( Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kan ...
.
* was a 2-gun wooden
paddle
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package ship transferred from the GPO to the Royal Navy in 1837. From 1843 she was used as a
survey ship
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and she was sold in 1863.
* was a 2-gun wooden
paddle
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gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-ste ...
purchased in 1862. She was used in the
New Zealand Wars
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and was sold in 1865 as a coal hulk. She later became the civilian vessel ''Clyde''.
* was a 4-gun composite
screw
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gun vessel launched in 1867. She was sold in 1890.
* was a
destroyer launched in 1896. She was sold in 1920.
* was a launched in 1943. She was handed over to the
Portuguese Navy
The Portuguese Navy ( pt, Marinha Portuguesa, also known as ''Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa'' or as ''Armada Portuguesa'') is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation and integrated with the other branches of the Por ...
in 1949 where she was renamed
''Nuno Tristao''. She was broken up in 1970.
References
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Royal Navy ship names