Three ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

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

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