&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Falmouth_1942_IWM_FL_13009.jpg) Falmouth in 1942
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Falmouth |
| Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down | 14 August 1931 |
| Launched | 19 April 1932 |
| Completed | 27 October 1932 |
| Identification | Pennant number: L34 (later U34, F34) |
| Fate | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Shoreham-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1,105 long tons (1,123 t) |
| Length | 281 ft (86 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 2,000 shp (1,491 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Complement | 95 |
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HMS Falmouth was a Shoreham-class sloop[a] of the British Royal Navy. Falmouth was built at Devonport Dockyard in 1931–1932. The ship was used as a despatch vessel on the China Station in the 1930s, but the Second World War resulted in her being rearmed, and used for escort duties. From 1952, Falmouth was used as a stationary drillship until she was scrapped in 1968.
- ^ Hague 1993, pp. 12–13, 38
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