1943 to 1949    

K97 HMS Avon

UK Royal Navy

1949 to 1970 - PT Portuguese Navy - F332 NRP Nuno Trsitão    




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Call Sign: MWYT
Shipyard: Charles Hill and Sons Ltd





  Events


History of UK HMS Avon K97

1943-jan-08Laid downLaid down Yard No 294.
1943-jun-19LaunchedLaunched Charles Hill and Sons Ltd at Bristol
1943-sep-18CommissionedCommissioned
1949-aprDecommissionedDecommissioned
1949-mayFate: transferedFate: transfered to Marinha Portuguesa

History of PT NRP Nuno Trsitão F332

1949-mayCommissionedCommissioned ex RN HMS Avon
1959-jul-25DeploymentDeployment departed Bayonne for Lisbon, with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia aboard.
1964DeploymentDeployment off Guinea
1970-janDecommissionedDecommissioned
1972Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped at Alhos Verdo, Lisboa



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  Specifications


River (RN Group II) class
1370light (tn)
91.70length (m)
11.20beam (m)
3.60draught (m)


helicopter   Aircraft


Typical Max
Landing platform only. No hangar







  Builder


UK Charles Hill and Sons Ltd, Spike Island




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