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Avon Class (1899) TBD |
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The Avon Class was one of a large number classes of Torpedo Boat Destroyers. Designed to a common contract speed of 30kts, with each class built by a different builder. They were a follow on to the similar 27kt design of the 1893/94 programme. The 90 ships ordered from 1892/93 to 1896/97 programmes almost completed Royal Navy requirement for torpedo boat destroyers. Built by Naval Construction & Armament Co (later Vickers) of Barrow, part of the 1895/96 construction programme. They were a class of four ships, with two initially and two ordered a little later. Their purpose was to defend the Channel and Fleet operations near hostile shores from torpedo boats. So they only had a short radius of action. The single designation 30-knotters covered large number of distinct designs. So when class letters were assigned on 30-Aug-1912, four funnel ships were assigned to B Class; three funnel ships to C Class and two funnel ships to D Class.
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