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HMS Newcastle (1860)

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Name
  
HMS Newcastle

Laid down
  
6 December 1858

Decommissioned
  
1888

Launched
  
16 October 1860

Draft
  
6.4 m

Namesake
  
Newcastle upon Tyne

Completed
  
September 1874

Construction started
  
6 December 1858

Length
  
76 m

Builder
  
Deptford Dockyard

Fate
  
Sold for breaking up 1929

HMS Newcastle was a wooden screw frigate, the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.

References

HMS Newcastle (1860) Wikipedia