| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Falmouth |
| Namesake | Falmouth |
| Ordered | 1 January 1693 |
| Builder | Snelgrove, Limehouse |
| Launched | 25 June 1693 |
| Commissioned | 1693 |
| Captured | 4 August 1704, by the French |
| Fate | Wrecked, 1706 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 61063⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 124 ft (37.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 33 ft 7.5 in (10.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 476–520 |
| Armament | 80 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Falmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line built for Royal Navy in the 1690s. The ship participated in several battles during the Nine Years' War of 1688–97 and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1715), including the action of August 1702. She was captured by the French in 1704.
- ^ Lavery, vol.1, p 164.