HMS Falmouth (1693)

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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

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]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.

[edit] References

  • 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.