Construction
Newcastle was laid down by AMECON at Williamstown, Victoria, launched on 21 February 1992 and commissioned into the RAN on 11 December 1993. Unlike the first four Adelaide class frigates, Newcastle was not constructed in the United States of America and therefore does not possess a US Navy hull number.
Newcastle is the only Adelaide class ship not named after a state capital city. Instead, she is named after Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest regional city in the country. She is the first ship of the RAN to be named Newcastle, but eight Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Newcastle. The Australian Newcastle was the first RAN ship not to inherit battle honours awarded to previous British ships of the same name.
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