Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forward:
Ships
HMS Forward was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and sold in 1815.
HMS Forward was an Albacore class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1869.
HMS Forward was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1877. She became a coal hulk in 1892 and was sold in 1904.
HMS Forward was a Forward class scout cruiser launched in 1904 and sold in 1921.
Shore establishments
HMS Forward 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 HMS Aggressive.
HMS Forward 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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