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Newcastle, 1909
Type: Light Cruiser ; Armament 2 x 6" (M. XI) ; 10 x 4" (M VIII) ; 4 x 3 pdr ; 2 x 18 " TT
Launched : Nov 1909 ;
BM: tons ; Displacement: 4800 tons
Propulsion: 4 screws Complement: 411
Machinery notes: Machinery: Turbine, Parsons in all, 4 screws; except Curtis in Bristol, 2 screws. Boilers: 12 Yarrow, small tube. Designed H.P. 22,000 = 25 kts. Coal: normal 600 tons; maximum 1353 tons + 260 tons oil. ; Speed ; 25 knots ;
Notes:
5 Dec 1912 Recommissioned at Colombo
27 Jul 1914 arrived at Nagasaki to coal and oil - see p. 312 www.naval-review.org/issues/1915-2.pdf.
6 Aug 1914 sailed from Hong-Kong - see p. 313 www.naval-review.org/issues/1915-2.pdf. When clear of the land the Minotaur, Hampshire, and Newcastle parted company from the squadron and turning eastward to intercept the Emden
10 Aug 1914 60 miles N.W. of Yap.
10 Aug 1914 bombardment of Yap : then sent to Vancouver via Yokohama.
1914 Search for the German armed merchant cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich
1916 Mediterranean Fleet
1917 Colombo Patrol.