Frigate of the River class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 97 |
| Built by | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Bellis & Morcom |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 8 Jan, 1943 |
| Launched | 19 Jun, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 18 Sep, 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold to the Portugese Navy May 1949 and renamed Nuno Tristao.
Scrapped in 1970.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Patrick George Alexander King, RD, RNR
3 August 1943 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to Commander on 30 June 1945
DSC awarded on 31 December 1943 |
| Noteable events involving Avon include: 13 Mar, 1944
HMS Avon (Lt.Cdr. P.G.A. King, DSC, RD, RNR) picks up 123 survivors from the British merchant Tarifa that was torpedoed and sunk on 7 March 1944 by the German submarine U-510 about 250 nautical miles east of Socotra Island in position 12º48'N, 58º44'E. |
