HMS ''Newcastle'' was a wooden

screw frigate Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. The first such ships were paddle stea ...

, the fifth ship of the name to serve in the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

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* * *Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif: '' The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889'' Chatham Publishing, 2004. . Frigates of the Royal Navy Ships built in Deptford Victorian-era frigates of the United Kingdom 1860 ships {{UK-mil-ship-stub