HMS Newcastle (D87)

The eighth HMS Newcastle was a batch 1 Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched in 1975. Newcastle was decommissioned on 1 February 2005.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Newcastle.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Newcastle
BuilderSwan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Laid down21 February 1973
Launched24 April 1975
Commissioned23 March 1978
Decommissioned1 February 2005
Out of service1 February 2005
HomeportPortsmouth
Identification
Nickname(s)"The Geordie Gunboat"
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeType 42 destroyer
Displacement4,820 tonnes
Length125 m (410 ft)
Beam14.3 m (47 ft)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion
  • COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas) turbines, 2 shafts
  • 4 Rolls-Royce (2 Olympus TM3B and 2 Tyne RM1C) producing 36 MW (48,000 hp)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement287–312
Armament
  • Twin Sea Dart Surface-to-air missile launcher
  • 1 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 2 × Phalanx Close-in weapon system
  • 2 × triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes
  • NATO Seagnat and DLF3 decoy launchers
Aircraft carriedLynx HMA8
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