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 |
History | from March 1942 to June 1942 loaned to Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Newport (G 54) |
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 | early 1941 | |
2 | Lt. Kenneth Innes Hamilton, DSC, RN | 23 Nov 1942 | early 1943 | |
3 | Lt.Cdr. William Alick Grinham, RNVR | 15 Mar 1943 | 3 Aug 1944 | |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Stanley Martin Booker, RNVR | 3 Aug 1944 | Dec 1944 | |
5 | Lt.Cdr. Alexander Kenneth Mackelvie, RNVR | Dec 1944 | 9 Mar 1945 | |
6 | T/Lt. Richard Phelps, RNVR | 9 Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Newport include:
30 Nov 1941
HMS H 50 (Lt. E.T. Stanley, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Rochester (Cdr.(Retd.) C.B. Allen, RN), HMS Northern Spray (T/Lt. G.T. Gilbert, RNVR), HMS Leith (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hulton, RN) and HMS Newport. (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/16795
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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