British light cruiser HMS Newcastle strongest anti-aircraft armament off all British cruisers according to the Dutch newspaper Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 12 March 1937

An item dated London, England 10^th reported that the anti aircraft armament of the British cruiser HMS Newcastle at that moment commissioned at Devonport, England was doubled compared with all other British cruisers. She was the first cruiser of the Southampton-class which was commissioned. Further more was her deck armoured and amidschip protected by armour plates reaching even below the waterline her machinery against the heaviest gunfire. There were two hangars in which each a plane could be stored, while a third plane could be mounted on the catapult. All her guns were able to fire at right-angles adding their gunfire to that of the anti aircraft guns when attacked by an enemy airforce.(1)

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1. C 76. Of the Town-class Southampton sub-class light cruisers, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by Crown Colony and Dido-classes. Laid down by Vickers Armstrong on 4 October 1934, launched on 23 January 1936, commissioned on 5 March 1937, decommissioned in 1958 and sold to be broken up in August 1959. Her armament consisted of 4x3-15.2cm/6” Mk XXIII naval guns (1x3-turret aft later exchanged for 8-4cm Bofors guns), 8-10.2cm/4” guns, 8-40.5mm guns, 8-12.7mm/0.5” machine guns and 6-53.3cm/21” torpedo tubes which were later removed.