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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Avon''. ''Avon'' comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river". * was an 18-gun ''Cruizer class brig-sloop launched in 1805. In 1814 she was sunk in action with the American ''Wasp'' in the English Channel. * was a 2-gun wooden paddle package ship transferred from the GPO to the Royal Navy in 1837. From 1843 she was used as a survey ship and she was sold in 1863. * was a 2-gun wooden paddle gunboat purchased in 1862. She was used in the New Zealand land wars and was sold in 1865 as a coal hulk. She later became the civilian vessel ''Clyde''. * was a 4-gun composite screw gunvessel launched in 1867. She was sold in 1890. * was a destroyer launched in 1896. She was sold in 1920. * was a ''River class'' frigate launched in 1943. She was handed over to the Portuguese Navy in 1949 where she was renamed ''Nuno Tristao''. She was broken up in 1970. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Avon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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