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Eight ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Newcastle''''', after the English city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]:

* {{ship|English ship|Newcastle|1653}} was a 50-gun [[fourth-rate]] ship launched in 1653.  She was rebuilt in 1692 and wrecked in 1703.
* {{HMS|Newcastle|1704}} was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1704, rebuilt in 1733 and broken up in 1746.
* {{HMS|Newcastle|1750}} was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1750. She foundered in a storm in 1761.
* {{HMS|Newcastle|1813}} was a 60-gun fourth rate launched 1813. She was converted to harbour service in 1824 and was sold in 1850.
* {{HMS|Newcastle|1860}} was a screw [[frigate]] launched in 1860. She was converted into a powder hulk in 1889 and was sold in 1929.
* {{HMS|Newcastle|1909}} was a {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|0||1910}} [[light cruiser]] launched in 1909 and sold in 1921, being broken up in 1923.
* {{HMS|Newcastle|C76}} was a {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|0||1936}} light cruiser launched in 1937. She was laid down as HMS ''Minotaur'', but was renamed in 1936. She was broken up in 1958.
* {{HMS|Newcastle|D87}} was a [[Type 42 destroyer|Type 42 (Batch 1)]] [[destroyer]] launched in 1975 and decommissioned in 2005 and placed into inactive reserve.  She was sold for scrap in 2008.
* {{HMS|Newcastle|Type 26 frigate}} will be a [[Type 26 frigate]].

==Battle honours==
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*[[Action of 14 April 1655|Porto Farina]] 1655
*[[Santa Cruz de Tenerife#Naval history|Santa Cruz]] 1657
*[[Battle of Lowestoft|Lowestoft]] 1665
*[[St. James's Day Battle|Orfordness]] 1666
*[[Battle of Schooneveld|Schooneveld]] 1673
*[[Battle of Texel|Texel]] 1673
*[[Marbella]] 1705
*[[Battle of Cuddalore (1758)|Sadras]] 1758
*[[Battle of Negapatam (1758)|Negapatam]] 1758
*[[Battle of Pondicherry|Porto Novo]] 1759
*[[Battle of Cape Spartivento|Spartivento]] 1940
*[[Burma Campaign|Burma]] 1944&ndash;1945
*[[Korean War|Korea]] 1952&ndash;1953
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==Motto==
* "Fortitudino Vinco" – (I conquer through strength)

==See also==
* {{HMAS|Newcastle|FFG 06|6}}, an {{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|0}} frigate of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] launched in 1992 and decommissioned on 30 June 2019.

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