HMS Falcon (1704)

History
England
Name	HMS Falcon
Ordered	16 March 1703
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Launched	2 December 1704
Commissioned	1 December 1704
Captured	29 December 1709
Fate	Taken off Toulon by a French Squadron
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	41153⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	106 ft 5 in (32.44 m) gundeck 88 ft 5 in (26.95 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	29 ft 7 in (9.02 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)
Notes	the demi-culverins would be changed for 12-pdr guns later

HMS Falcon was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Deptford Dockyard in 1703/04. Her initial assignment was with Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Fleet. She was then assigned to the Mediterranean where she was taken by the French in 1709.

Falcon was the thirteenth vessel to bear this name since it was used for a ballinger dating from 1343 and sold in 1352.^[1]