HMS Forward

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title: "HMS Forward" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["royal-navy-ship-names"] topic_path: "history/military" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Forward" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name '*HMS *Forward''''':

Ships

  • was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and sold in 1815.
  • was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1869.
  • was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1877. She became a coal hulk in 1892 and was sold in 1904.
  • was a scout cruiser launched in 1904 and sold in 1921.

Shore establishments

  • was the name given to the Navy's base at Newhaven. It was commissioned on 25 August 1939 and paid off in 1945.
  • HMS Forward II was the Coastal Forces base at Newhaven between 1941 and 1942, when it was renamed .
  • is a Royal Naval Reserve unit and communications training centre in Birmingham. It was commissioned in 1984 and is currently active.

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