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==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=15 October, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 257}}|end=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=15 August, 1940|end=1 March, 1942}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Gregson Roper|nick=James G. Roper|appt=April, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stuart Henry Paton|nick=Stuart H. Paton|appt=November, 1947{{MackieRNW}}|end=1949{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
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Revision as of 17:35, 18 June 2018

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. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  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. Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/162. f. 162.
  11. Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/162. f. 162.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Southampton Class Light Cruiser
Birmingham Glasgow Newcastle Sheffield Southampton
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