Allied Warships

HMS Newport (G 54)

Destroyer of the Town class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassTown 
PennantG 54 
Built byFore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Aug 1917 
Launched16 Dec 1917 
Commissioned26 Nov 1940 
End serviceJan 1945 
Loss position
 
History

from March 1942 to June 1942 loaned to Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Newport (G 54)
In 1944 used as aircraft target.
decommissioned in January 1945 and sold for scrap on 18 Feb, 1947 at Granton.

 
Former nameUSS Sigourney (DD 81)

Commands listed for HMS Newport (G 54)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Allan Herbert Percy Noble, RN5 Dec 1940Mar 1941 ?

2Lt.Cdr. Leopold Hewetson Landman, RN14 Jul 1941Aug 1941

3Lt. Kenneth Innes Hamilton, DSC, RN23 Nov 1942???

4Lt.Cdr. William Alick Grinham, RNVR15 Mar 19433 Aug 1944
5T/A/Lt.Cdr. Stanley Martin Booker, RNVR3 Aug 1944Dec 1944
6Lt.Cdr. Alexander Kenneth Mackelvie, RNVRDec 19449 Mar 1945
7T/Lt. Richard Phelps, RNVR9 Mar 1945Jul 1945 ?

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British destroyers & frigates

Norman Friedman


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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