A number of ships have been named Avalon, after Avalon, the mythical Arthurian island or Avalon, California
Merchant ships
edit- Avalon (1864), a Great Eastern Railway passenger ferry steamer, sold as a blockade runner
- Avalon (1865), a Great Eastern Railway passenger-cargo ferry steamer, replaced the above
- Avalon (1888), a cargo ship, built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend for C T Bowring[1]
- Avalon (1888), a sidewheel passenger ship, built by Harlan and Hollingsworth[2]
- Avalon (1891), a passenger vessel, operating Catalina–Los Angeles 1920–1951
- Avalon (1945), a cargo ship 1974–1981, built as Empire Wallace
- Avalon (1963), a passenger-roro ferry built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow for British Railways[3]
- Avalon (1963), a passenger-cargo ship previously known as RMS St Helena
Naval ships
editUnited States Navy
edit- USS Avalon (1908), a motorboat acquired for use as a patrol boat in 1917 and returned to her owner in 1918 perhaps without having been commissioned
- USS Blue Ridge (ID-2432), a steamer in commission from 1918 to 1919, renamed USS Avalon for her last three days under U.S. Navy control
- DSRV-2 Avalon, a deep submergence rescue vehicle launched in 1971 and decommissioned in 2000
Canadian Navy
edit- HMCS Avalon was a shore base at St. John's, Newfoundland during World War II
- HMCS Avalon II, an accommodation vessel from 1942 to 1947, previously passenger vessel Georgian ex-Cape Eternity ex-Rochester on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence[4]
- HMCS Avalon III, a harbour vessel, later HC 31
Royal Navy
edit- HMT Avalon, former Norwegian trawler Nordhav I, hired in 1940, and renamed Adonis in 1941. Built as Océan in 1915[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Avalon". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Avalon (2106543)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Avalon". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Rochester (2207073)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Ocean". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
External links
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