Six ships of the

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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

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. * 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

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and she was sold in 1863. * was a 2-gun wooden paddle gunboat purchased in 1862. She was used in the

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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

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gun vessel launched in 1867. She was sold in 1890. * was a

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launched in 1896. She was sold in 1920. * was a 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.

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