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Name Official number Flag IMO
AVON VALE     GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1941  23/10/1940  17/01/1941 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Destroyer  Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  569 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 1050 disp 280 ft oa  31 ft 6 in    12 ft 5 in 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2-shaft Parsons geared turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 19,000shp giving 27 knots 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Escort Destroyer, Hunt II Class - L.06
14/4/1944 completed repairs with new forward structure. While being repaired she was allocated to the Royal Hellenic Navy as Argion, but was never commissioned into the R.H.N. due to the mutinous state of the Greek Navy

Battle Honours: ATLANTIC 1942-43 - MALTA CONVOYS 1941-42 - LIBYA 1941-42 - SIRTE 1942 - NORTH AFRICA 1942-43 - ADRIATIC 1944 - ENGLISH CHANNEL 1943-44 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1958  Broken Up 15/05/1958 
Disposal Detail
Arrived 15/5/1958 at Young, Sunderland for BU. 
 

 

Avon Vale
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Avon Vale 19-5-1944 after Chatham rebuild.
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Avon Vale 19-5-1944 East Coas
Image courtesy of :  IWM (FL 1281)
 


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