HMS Newport (1694)

History
England
Name	HMS Newport
Ordered	21 July 1693
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth
Launched	7 April 1694
Commissioned	22 January 1694
Captured	5 July 1696
Fate	Captured by the French, renamed Le Nieuport, condemned in 1720
General characteristics
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	253+14⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 3 in (28.7 m) gundeck 78 ft 9 in (24.0 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	24 ft 7 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 11 in (3.3 m)
Armament	initially as ordered 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD) 1703 Establishment 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Newport was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century. She spent her short career sailing between New England and Home Waters. She was captured by French Warships in 1696.^[1]

Newport was the first named vessel in the Royal Navy.^[2]