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
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 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)

9 Jun 1944
HMS Khedive (Capt.(Retd.) H.J. Haynes, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted flying exercises off Methil. She was escorted by HMS Newport (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Grinham, RNVR) which also acted as target for aircraft attacks. (2)

10 Jun 1944
HMS Khedive (Capt.(Retd.) H.J. Haynes, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted flying exercises off Methil. She was escorted by HMS Newport (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Grinham, RNVR) which also acted as target for aircraft attacks. (2)

11 Jun 1944
HMS Khedive (Capt.(Retd.) H.J. Haynes, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted flying exercises off Methil. She was escorted by HMS Newport (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Grinham, RNVR) which also acted as target for aircraft attacks. (2)

12 Jun 1944
HMS Khedive (Capt.(Retd.) H.J. Haynes, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted flying exercises off Methil. She was escorted by HMS Newport (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Grinham, RNVR) which also acted as target for aircraft attacks. (2)