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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=February, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 989}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=February, 1918<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 989}}|end=2 January, 1919<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>}}
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Revision as of 15:29, 28 June 2016

H.M.S. Avoca (1907)
Pendant Number: MI.79
MI.57 (Jan 1918)
none (Apr 1918)[1]
Launched: 1907[2]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1916[3]
Decommissioned: 29 Oct, 1919[4]
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H.M.S. Avoca was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[5]

  • 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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401kk.
  7. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 989.
  9. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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