Three ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have borne the name HMS ''Newark'', after the town
Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent () or Newark is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...
:
* , 80-gun
third rate ship of the line that was launched in 1695 and served until 1787
* , a
Hunt-class minesweeper laid down as ''Newlyn'' and commissioned in 1918. She was broken up in 1928.
* , the ''Wickes''-class destroyer USS ''Ringgold'' (DD-89) that served in the Royal Navy between 1940 and 1947
See also
*
Newark (disambiguation)
References
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Royal Navy ship names