HMS Falmouth (1752)

History
Great Britain
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 and 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
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

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.