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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Newcastle |
| Namesake | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down | 6 December 1858 |
| Launched | 16 October 1860 |
| Completed | September 1874 |
| Decommissioned | 1888 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bristol-class frigate |
| Displacement | 4,020 long tons (4,080 t) |
| Tons burthen | 3035 |
| Length | 250 ft (76.2 m) |
| Beam | 52 ft (15.8 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Installed power | 2,354 ihp (1,755 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Steam engine |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 550-600 |
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HMS Newcastle was a wooden screw frigate, the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.