HMS Falmouth (1693)
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Career (England) | |
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Name: | HMS Falmouth |
Ordered: | 1693 |
Builder: | Snelgrove, Deptford |
Launched: | 25 June 1693 |
Captured: | 1704 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 610 long tons (619.8 t) |
Length: | 124 ft (37.8 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 33 ft 7.5 in (10.2 m) |
Depth of hold: | 13 ft 8 in (4.2 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Falmouth.
HMS Falmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 25 June 1693.[1]
Falmouth was captured in 1704.[1]
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- 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.