Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newport after the Welsh city of Newport:
HMS Newport (1694) was a 24-gun sixth rate captured by the French in 1694.
HMS Newport was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1695 as HMS Orford. She was renamed HMS Newport in 1698 and was sold in 1718.
HMS Newport (1867) was a Philomel-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and completed in 1868 as a survey vessel. She was sold into civilian service in 1881 and was renamed Pandora.
HMS Newport (G54) was a Town-class destroyer transferred from the US Navy in 1940. She was lent to the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1941 and 1942 and then became an aircraft target ship in 1943. She was sold for scrapping in 1947.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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the name HMSNewport after the Welsh city of Newport: HMSNewport (1694) was a 24-gun sixth rate captured by the French in 1694. HMSNewport was a 24-gun...
Look up newport in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Newport most commonly refers to: Newport, Wales Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may...
following was HMSNewport, captained by George Nares, which surveyed the canal on behalf of the Admiralty a few months later. The Newport was involved...
The Philomel-class gunvessel HMSNewport was launched in Wales in 1867. Having become the first ship to pass through the Suez Canal, she was sold in 1881...
destroyer from 1918, and was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMSNewport. The second USS Sigourney (DD-643) was a Fletcher-class destroyer from...
24-gun sixth rate launched in 1695. She was renamed HMSNewport in 1698 and was sold in 1718. HMS Orford (1698) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1698...
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Under Henry Huntington's leadership, growth continued.[citation needed] In 1906 the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought...
quarterdeck rearward). In contrast, the flush-deck USS Sigourney (later HMSNewport) has no forecastle USS Belknap, a later example of a non-flush-deck ship...
1845 joined the Royal Navy aboard HMS Canopus, an old battleship captured from the French. Following a posting to HMS Havannah on the Australian station...
ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Liberty. English ship Liberty (1632), a great ship wrecked in 1650 HMS Liberty (1768) was a sloop belonging to...
1693–1697 HMS Maidstone 1693 HMS Jersey 1694 HMS Lizard (i) 1694 HMSNewport 1694 HMS Falcon 1694 HMS Queenborough 1694 HMS Swan 1694 HMS Drake 1694 HMS Solebay...
underwater site of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark is also on the Register, two Royal Navy ships scuttled during the French fleet's advance on Newport. Also listed...
question arose as to its suitability for naval ships. George Nares in HMSNewport traversed the canal in both directions taking soundings and making measurements...
was HMS Siren, captained by Tobias Furneaux, who had commanded Adventure on Cook's second voyage. New York was eventually captured, but Newport, Rhode...
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