| Name: | NEWCASTLE |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 04/10/1934 |
| Launched: | 23/01/1936 |
| Completed: | 05/03/1937 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 2 |
| Dimensions: | 9100disp - 11350disp, 558.0 x 62.25 x 17.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR Geared, 75000shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 32.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 3 x 6.0ins, 4 x 2 x 4.0ins, 2 x 4 x 2pdr, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins guns; |
| 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes & 2 x seaplanes | |
| History: | |
| 05/03/1937 | British Royal Navy |
| 19/08/1959 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Town Class of Light Cruisers |
| Laid down as MINOTAUR | |
| 1942: Aircraft & catapult removed | |
| 1945: X turret removed & 2 x 4 x 2pdr guns added | |
| 15/06/1942: Torpedoed in the bow by E-Boat S56 | |
| 1943: New bows constructed at Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York | |
| 19/08/1959: Arrived at Faslane for breaking up by Shipbreaking Industries |
Above photo, showing NEWCASTLE outfitting at Walker, is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo, showing NEWCASTLE outfitting at Walker, is courtesy of Ian Hanson
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo, taken in 1940, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
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