H.M.S. Avoca (1907)

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H.M.S. Avoca (1907)
Pendant Number: MI.79
MI.57 (Jan 1918)
none (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff
Launched: 1907[2]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1916[3]
Decommissioned: 29 Oct, 1919[4]
Scrapped: 1930

H.M.S. Avoca was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was originally named Avon.

Service

Avoca served primarily on the western seaboard of the Americas during the Great War. On 1 June, 1916, Sir Ernest Shackleton visited her.[5]

Armament

She was armed with:[6]

  • eight 6-in guns
  • two 6-pdrs

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  2. This date is approximate,
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  5. Transcribed Ship Logs.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  7. Hardy Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/316. f. 355.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401kk.
  9. Hardy Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/316. f. 355.
  10. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 989.
  12. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144. Possibly on the 18th.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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