Allied Warships

HMS Newport (G 54)

Destroyer of the Town class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Town
Pennant	G 54
Built by	Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	25 Aug 1917
Launched	16 Dec 1917
Commissioned	26 Nov 1940
End service	Jan 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. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Allen Herbert Percy Noble, RN 5 December 1940 – ca. March 1941 ??? Lt.Cdr. Leopold Hewetson Landman, RN 14 July 1941 – August 1941 HMS Newport in Dockyard control during refit Lt. Kenneth Innes Hamilton, DSC, RN 23 November 1942 – ??? ??? Lt.Cdr. William Alick Grinham, RNVR 15 March 1943 – 3 August 1944 T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.M. Brooker, RNVR 3 August 1944 – December 1944 Lt.Cdr. Alexander Kenneth Mackelvie, MBE, RNVR December 1944 – 9 March 1945 T/Lt. R. Phelps, RNVR 9 March 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List HMS Newport is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List
Former name	USS Sigourney (DD 81)

Commands listed for HMS Newport (G 54)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Allan Herbert Percy Noble, RN	5 Dec 1940	Mar 1941 ?

2	Lt.Cdr. Leopold Hewetson Landman, RN	14 Jul 1941	Aug 1941

3	Lt. Kenneth Innes Hamilton, DSC, RN	23 Nov 1942	???

4	Lt.Cdr. William Alick Grinham, RNVR	15 Mar 1943	3 Aug 1944
5	S. M. Brooker, RNVR	3 Aug 1944	Dec 1944
6	Lt.Cdr. Alexander Kenneth Mackelvie, RNVR	Dec 1944	9 Mar 1945
7	T/Lt. R. Phelps, RNVR	9 Mar 1945	Jul 1945 ?

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