HMS Newcastle (1653)

Newcastle was a 44-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the Commonwealth of England by Phineas Pett the Younger at Ratcliffe, and launched in May 1653. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 54 guns. On 14 March 1674, Newcastle, under the command of Sir John Wetwang, captured the Dutch East India ship Wapen van Rotterdam in the Battle of Ronas Voe. Newcastle was wrecked at Spithead in the Great Storm of 1703 with the loss of 229 of her crew.

HMS Newcastle (1653)

Newcastle was a 44-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the Commonwealth of England by Phineas Pett the Younger at Ratcliffe, and launched in May 1653. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 54 guns. On 14 March 1674, Newcastle, under the command of Sir John Wetwang, captured the Dutch East India ship Wapen van Rotterdam in the Battle of Ronas Voe. Newcastle was wrecked at Spithead in the Great Storm of 1703 with the loss of 229 of her crew.