HMS Avon Vale: Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HMS Avon Vale

Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).

Key facts

Name	HMS Avon Vale	Wikidata label
Ship type	destroyer	Wikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Royal Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War II	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	Adriatic Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Croatia	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 31 km from land
Position	44.3650, 14.3200	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

HMS Avon Vale (pennant number L06) was an escort destroyer of the Hunt Type II class. The Royal Navy ordered Avon Vale's construction three days after the outbreak of the Second World War. John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd laid down her keel at their Clydebank yard on 12 February 1940, as Admiralty Job Number J1569. After a successful Warship Week national savings campaign in February 1942, Avon Vale was adopted by the civil community of Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

Location

Recorded position: 44.3650, 14.3200 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: Adriatic Sea
Nearest coast: Croatia

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OpenStreetMap

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