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| Home-Loney-Background-The Royal Navy | Browse mid-Victorian RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ?? |
| Name | Avon | Explanation | |
| Type | Packet | ||
| Acquired | 1837 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 360 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 2 | ||
| Fate | 1863 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/31 | ||
| Note | 1825 Launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Thetis. 1839 transport. 1843 survey ship. 1849 tender | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| (January 1840) | Out of commission at Woolwich | ||
| 9 September 1841 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Jenkin, Woolwich | ||
| 11 June 1842 - March 1843 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Henry Byng, North America and West Indies (untill invalided) | ||
| 31 May 1843 - September 1843 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander David Robert Bunbury Mapleton, North America and West India station | ||
| (October 1843) | Out of commission at Woolwich | ||
| 30 July 1845 - 28 November 1846 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander Henry Mangles Denham, west coast of Africa | ||
| 1 January 1847 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Henry Charles Otter, surveying on the west coast of Scotland | ||
| (27 August 1855) | Tender to Impregnable, Devonport | ||
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