HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) Seahawk and one AS350B Squirrel. "Newcastle" was laid down by AMECON at Williamstown, Victoria on 21 July 1989, 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, so was never assigned 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". "Newcastle" was
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