HMS Avon (1896)

History
United kingdom
Name	Avon
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	Barrow Shipbuilders and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	17 February 1896
Launched	10 October 1896
Commissioned	February 1899
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	1 July 1920 sold to Castle of Plymouth for breaking
General characteristics
Class & type	Vickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
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	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 6,300 shp (4,700 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	70 tons coal; 1,440 nmi (2,670 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph);
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I Low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;

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.

History

United kingdom
Name	Avon
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	Barrow Shipbuilders and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	17 February 1896
Launched	10 October 1896
Commissioned	February 1899
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	1 July 1920 sold to Castle of Plymouth for breaking
General characteristics
Class & type	Vickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
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	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 6,300 shp (4,700 kW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	70 tons coal 1,440 nmi (2,670 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I Low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes