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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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list of ships
with the same or similar names. If an
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