Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newark, after the town Newark-on-Trent:

  • HMS Newark (1695), 80-gun third rate ship of the line that was launched in 1695 and served until 1787
  • HMS Newark (1918), a Hunt-class minesweeper laid down as Newlyn and commissioned in 1918. She was broken up in 1928.[1]
  • HMS Newark (G08), the Wickes-class destroyer USS Ringgold (DD-89) that served in the Royal Navy between 1940 and 1947

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  1. ^ Colledge, J J (1969). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index. Vol 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 382.