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|name=Newcastle
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|launch=23 Jan, 1936{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|launch=23 Jan, 1936{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|builder=[[Vickers-Armstrong]], Tyne{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|builder=[[Vickers-Armstrongs]], Tyne{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|laid=4 Oct, 1934{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|laid=4 Oct, 1934{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|fate=Broken up
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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned on 5 March, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 257}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Newcastle''" nat=UK>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Newcastle''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=15 October, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 257}}|end=12 July, 1937<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=12 July, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=17 July, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary, Vivian being sick}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=17 July, 1937<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|end=12 May, 1939<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|note=vice Sandford}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Figgins|nick=James Figgins|appt=26 July, 1939<ref>Figgins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/162.|D8116283}} f. 162.</ref>|end=15 August, 1940<ref>Figgins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/162.|D8116283}} f. 162.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Figgins|nick=James Figgins|appt=26 July, 1939<ref>Figgins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/162.|D8116283}} f. 162.</ref>|end=15 August, 1940<ref>Figgins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/162.|D8116283}} f. 162.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=August, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=15 August, 1940|end=1 March, 1942}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett|appt=February, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett|appt=15 February, 1942<ref>William-Powlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=8 May, 1944<ref>William-Powlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Gregson Roper|nick=James G. Roper|appt=April, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Gregson Roper|nick=James G. Roper|appt=April, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stuart Henry Paton|nick=Stuart H. Paton|appt=November, 1947{{MackieRNW}}|end=1949{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stuart Henry Paton|nick=Stuart H. Paton|appt=November, 1947{{MackieRNW}}|end=1949{{MackieRNW}}}}

Latest revision as of 15:56, 24 May 2022

H.M.S. Newcastle (1936)
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne[1]
Laid down: 4 Oct, 1934[2]
Launched: 23 Jan, 1936[3]
Completed: 5 Mar, 1937[4]
Broken up: 1959

H.M.S. Newcastle was one of five Southampton Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned on 5 March, 1937.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 257.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 257.
  7. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
  8. Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  9. Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  10. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
  11. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
  12. Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/162. f. 162.
  13. Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/162. f. 162.
  14. William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/180. f. 180.
  15. William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/180. f. 180.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


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