1
9 4 0
October
Prepared
for transfer
November
26th - Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy at Halifax
pending arrival of RN personnel.
December
Prepared
by RN personnel for commissioning and
Atlantic passage.
5th - Commissioned into RN service at Halifax and
named HMS NEWPORT.
20th
- Arrived at Belfast on passage to Plymouth.
1
9 4 1
January
Slightly
damaged in air raid at Belfast. After
machinery defect on passage in Irish Sea
diverted to Milford Haven for repair.
Transferred to commercial shipyard at
Cardiff for
completion of repair work.
16th - Taken in hand for refit at HM Dockyard
Devonport.
February
Under
refit and modification to suit deployment
for Atlantic escort duty.
March
Under refit.
Transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy during
refit. Nominated for service in Western
Approaches Command based at Londonderry with
43rd Escort Group.
W a
r S e r v i c
e a s H N o
r M S N E W P O R T
April
to August
On
completion of refit took passage to join
Group.
September
Deployment
with 43rd Escort Group at Londonderry to be
confirmed.
October
23rd
- Commenced repair in commercial shipyard at
Liverpool.
Transferred
to 7th Escort Group
based in Liverpool. (Note: This
Group included other Norwegian manned
ships).
November
Under repair.
On completion of post repair trials joined
Group.
December
Deployed
with Group for convoy defence in North
Atlantic.
1
9 4 2
January
to February
Convoy
defence in continuation. (Note: As Battle
Honours ARCTIC 1942 and ENGLISH
CHANNEL 1942 were awarded, this period
requires further research.)
March
Atlantic
convoy escort duty with 7th Escort Group in
continuation
25th - Sustained major damaged in collision with HM
Destroyer BEVERLEY whilst on escort duty.
Withdrawn from service for repair at
Liverpool.
April
Under repair at Liverpool.
13th - Repair work transferred to HM Dockyard
Devonport for completion.
May
to June
Under repair in HM Dockyard Devonport.
Paid-off and Royal Norwegian
Navy personnel left ship. Reverted to RN
total administration
S
e r v i c e b a c
k u n d e r
R o y a l N a v
y C o m m a n d
July
to August
Under
repair
September
Repair
completion transferred to commercial
shipyard at Southampton.
October
to December
Under repair at Southampton.
(Note: Work included re-tubing
of boilers.)
Ship to be
fully surveyed ship to determine operational
viability. Declared unsuitable for further
deployment as a convoy escort. Nominated for
use as Air Target Ship.
1
9 4 3
January
to April
Repair
essential for deployment in new role
continued with conversion
required for new role. Main armament and
weapon equipment no longer needed removed.
Re-commissioned and manned by RN
personnel.
May
On
completion of sea trials joined Western
Approaches Command for duty
in new role.
June
to December
Deployed
in Irish Sea Station as Air Target Ship duty
for training of air
crews in shipping attacks by
torpedo.
1
9 4 4
January
to February
Air
Target Ship duties in continuation in Irish
Sea.
March
to December
Transferred
to Rosyth and deployed as Air Target Ship at
Station in
North Sea.
1
9 4 5
January
to June
North Sea Air Target Ship duty in continuation.
Nominated for withdrawal from
service. Passage to
Rosyth
July
4th - Paid-off and de-stored.
Reduced to Reserve status and
Laid-up at Rosyth
August
Placed
on Disposal List.
P o s t W a r N
o t e
HMS NEWPORT was sold to BISCO for demolition by M. Brechin,
Shipbreakers
at Granton
after VJ Day and arrived in tow at the Shipbreaker’s
yard near Edinburgh on 18th
February 1947.
Addendum
CONVOY
ESCORT MOVEMENTS of HNorMS NEWPORT
by
Don Kindell
These
convoy lists have not been cross-checked
with the text above
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Date
convoy sailed
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Joined
convoy as escort
|
Convoy
No.
|
Left
convoy
|
Date
convoy arrived
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03/12/41
|
05/12/41
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ON
043
|
07/12/41
|
15/12/41
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13/12/41
|
13/12/41
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DS
018
|
16/12/41
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16/12/41
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20/12/41
|
20/12/41
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SD
018
|
23/12/41
|
23/12/41
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|
15/12/41
|
22/12/41
|
TC
016
|
unknown
|
25/12/41
|
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20/01/42
|
21/01/42
|
ON
058
|
21/01/42
|
21/01/42
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|
20/01/42
|
30/01/42
|
HX
171
|
31/01/42
|
01/02/42
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19/02/42
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26/02/42
|
AT
012
|
02/03/42
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02/03/42
|
|
11/03/42
|
11/03/42
|
DS
024
|
15/03/42
|
15/03/42
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|
16/03/42
|
16/03/42
|
SD
024
|
19/03/42
|
19/03/42
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(Note
on Convoys)
