HMS Falmouth (1752)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Falmouth.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Falmouth
Ordered: 15 November 1745
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 7 December 1752
Fate: Abandoned, Batavia, on 16 January 1765
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: 1745 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,065 long tons (1,082.1 t)
Length: 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Falmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard to the standard 50-gun ship draught of the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 7 December 1752.[1] Falmouth was abandoned in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (nowadays Indonesia) on 16 January 1765[2] after suffering serious battle damage near Manila.[1][3]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p174.
  2. ↑ National Archives, IOR/D155/Folio 111
  3. ↑ Ships of the Old Navy, F.

Bibliography

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Michael Phillips. Liste of ships: F. Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 14 August 2008.


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