| 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.