HMS Falmouth (1708)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg |Ship name=Falmouth |Ship ordered=8 February 1707 |Ship builder=Stacey, Woolwich Dockyard |Ship original cost= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=26 February 1708 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Broken up, 1747 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(as built)Lavery, vol. 1, p. 168. |Ship class=1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen=700{{fraction|45|94}} (bm) |Ship length={{convert|130|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|35|ft|1|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|14|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship complement=195–280 |Ship armament=*50 guns:
|Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(after 1729 rebuild)Lavery, vol. 1, p. 170. |Ship class=1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen=760 bm |Ship length={{convert|134|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|36|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|15|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*50 guns:
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HMS Falmouth was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 18th century. The ship participated in several battles during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–15) and the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–48).
Description
Falmouth had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|130|ft|m|1}} and {{convert|107|ft|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|35|ft|1|in|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|14|ft|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 700 {{fraction|45|94}} tons burthen. Officially rated at 50 guns, her armament consisted of 22 twelve-pounder guns on the lower gundeck and 22 six-pounder guns on the upper deck. On the quarterdeck were 8 six-pounder guns with another pair on the forecastle. The ship had a crew of 185–280 officers and ratings.Winfield 2009, pp. 403–04.
When rebuilt in 1724, Falmouth had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|134|ft|2|in|m|1}} and {{convert|109|ft|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|36|ft|1|in|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|15|ft|2|in|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 760 {{fraction|61|94}} tons burthen. Her armament was upgraded and now consisted of 22 eighteen-pounder guns on the lower gundeck and 22 nine-pounder guns on the upper deck. The number of six-pounder guns on the quarterdeck was reduced to four, but the pair on the forecastle were retained. The ship now had a crew of 280 officers and ratings.Winfield 2007, pp. 374–75, 379.
Construction and career
Falmouth was the third ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the eponymous port.Colledge, p. 49. Built to the 1706 Establishment design, the ship was ordered on 8 February 1707. She was built at Woolwich Dockyard under the direction of Master Shipwright Richard Stacey, and was launched on 26 February 1708Winfield 2009, p. 404.
On 14 May 1724 Falmouth was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 3 April 1729.
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
- Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-84832-040-6}}.
- {{cite book|last=Winfield|first=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84415-700-6}}
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