HMS Falmouth (1752)
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| History | |
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| Name | Falmouth |
| Namesake | 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 | 1,04657⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 41 ft 2 in (12.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 350 |
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HMS Falmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1750s. She participated in the Seven Years' War and was badly damaged during the Battle of Manila in 1762 and was abandoned as unseaworthy in the East Indies in 1765.
Falmouth had a length at the gundeck of 144 feet (43.9 m) and 116 feet 1 inch (35.4 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 41 feet 2 inches (12.5 m) and a depth of hold of 17 feet 8 inches (5.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 1,046 57⁄94 tons burthen. Her armament consisted of twenty-two 24-pounder guns on the lower gundeck and twenty-two 12-pounder guns on the upper deck. On the quarterdeck were four 6-pounder guns with another pair on the forecastle. The ship had a crew of 350 officers and ratings.[2]