HMS Falcon (1899)

Falcon before 1 January 1918
History
United Kingdom
NameFalcon
Ordered1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Cost£65,119[1]
Yard number412[1]
Laid down26 June 1899[1]
Launched29 December 1899[1]
CommissionedDecember 1901
FateLost in collision with the armed trawler HMS John Fitzgerald, 1 April 1918
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeFairfield three funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 370 long tons (376 t) light
  • 420 long tons (427 t) full load
Length215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) o/a
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draught8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Installed power6,300 ihp (4,700 kW)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 85 tons coal
  • 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament

HMS Falcon was a Fairfield three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates. She spent her life in Home waters, was part of the Dover Patrol during World War I and was lost in a collision on 1 April 1918.

  1. ^ a b c d e Lyon (1996), p.89.