Maritime History

HMS Avon (1805)

HMS Avon was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy built at Falmouth, Cornwall and launched in 1805. In the War of 1812 she fought a desperate action with USS Wasp that resulted in Avon sinking on 27 August 1814.

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See also

• ▸French corvette Aréthuse
• ▸Hanshan Deqing
• ▸George Bowyer (pilot)

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