HMS Newcastle (C76)

	HMS Newcastle at anchor in Plymouth Sound
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Newcastle
Namesake	Newcastle upon Tyne
Builder	Vickers Armstrong
Laid down	4 October 1934
Launched	23 January 1936
Commissioned	5 March 1937
Decommissioned	1958
Identification	Pennant number: C76
Fate	Sold for scrapping August 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	9,100 tons standard; 11,350 tons full load;
Length	591 ft (180 m) overall
Beam	61 ft 8 in (18.80 m)
Draught	21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Propulsion	Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines; Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 75,000 shp;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	748
Armament	Original Configuration:; 12 × BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun (152 mm) in triple turrets (one aft turret later removed for 8 × 40 mm Bofors guns); 8 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 8 × 40.5 mm guns; 8 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine-guns; 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (later removed);
Aircraft carried	Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Removed in the latter part of WWII)

HMS Newcastle was a member of the Southampton subclass of the Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy.

History
HMS Newcastle at anchor in Plymouth Sound
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Newcastle
Namesake	Newcastle upon Tyne
Builder	Vickers Armstrong
Laid down	4 October 1934
Launched	23 January 1936
Commissioned	5 March 1937
Decommissioned	1958
Identification	Pennant number: C76
Fate	Sold for scrapping August 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	9,100 tons standard 11,350 tons full load
Length	591 ft (180 m) overall
Beam	61 ft 8 in (18.80 m)
Draught	21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Propulsion	Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers 75,000 shp
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	748
Armament	Original Configuration: 12 × BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun (152 mm) in triple turrets (one aft turret later removed for 8 × 40 mm Bofors guns) 8 × 4 in (102 mm) guns 8 × 40.5 mm guns 8 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine-guns 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (later removed)
Aircraft carried	Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Removed in the latter part of WWII)