A number of ships have been named ''Avalon'', after Avalon, the mythical Arthurian island or

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Merchant ships

*, a Great Eastern Railway passenger ferry steamer, sold as a blockade runner *, a Great Eastern Railway passenger-cargo ferry steamer, replaced the above *, a cargo ship, built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend for C T Bowring *, a sidewheel passenger ship, built by

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*, a passenger vessel, operating Catalina–Los Angeles 1920–1951 *, a cargo ship 1974–1981, built as ''

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'' *, a passenger-roro ferry built by

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, Glasgow for

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*''Avalon'' (1963), a passenger-cargo ship previously known as

Naval ships

United States Navy

*, a motorboat acquired for use as a patrol boat in 1917 and returned to her owner in 1918 perhaps without having been commissioned *, a steamer in commission from 1918 to 1919, renamed USS ''Avalon'' for her last three days under U.S. Navy control * DSRV-2 ''Avalon'', a deep submergence rescue vehicle launched in 1971 and decommissioned in 2000

Canadian Navy

* HMCS ''Avalon'' was a shore base at St. John's, Newfoundland during World War II *, an accommodation vessel from 1942 to 1947, previously passenger vessel ''Georgian'' ex-''Cape Eternity'' ex-''Rochester'' on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence *, a harbour vessel, later ''HC 31''

Royal Navy

* , former Norwegian trawler ''Nordhav I'', hired in 1940, and renamed ''Adonis'' in 1941. Built as ''Océan'' in 1915

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Avalon Ship names