HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) HMAS "Newcastle" (FFG 06), named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia, is an "Adelaide"-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The last ship of the class to be constructed, "Newcastle" entered service in 1993. During her career, the frigate has operated as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, served in the Persian Gulf, and responded to the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. The frigate is active as of 2018. HMAS "Newcastle" visited the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, on 30 June 2018. One of the guns
Newcastle City Centre Newcastle City Centre Newcastle City Centre, is the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Newcastle city centre is the historical heart of the city and the main cultural and commercial centre of North East England. Along with nearby Gateshead town centre, which lies on the opposite side of the River Tyne, the city centre forms the central core of the Tyneside conurbation. The area may be divided into the areas of Haymarket, Quayside, Central station, Grainger Town, Monument, Gallowgate, and Chinatown. Haymarket is the northern edge of the city centre bordered by Spital Tongues and Jesmond to the north