page_title: HMS Avon (1805)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Avon (1805)
caption_attribution_description: Caption: The Wasp and Reindeer. Engraving by Abel Bowen, from "The Naval Monument."
context_page_description: HMS Avon was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built at Falmouth and launched in 1805. In the War of 1812 she fought a desperate action with USS Wasp that resulted in Avon sinking on 27 August 1814.
context_section_description: HMS Avon was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built at Falmouth and launched in 1805. In the War of 1812 she fought a desperate action with USS Wasp that resulted in Avon sinking on 27 August 1814.
caption: USS Wasp rakes HMS Avon, 27 August 1814, by Abel Bowen, from The Naval Monument (1838)
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