HMS Falmouth (L34)

Falmouth in 1942
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
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk V guns (2×1) 4 × .5 inch anti-aircraft machine guns (1×4)

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.

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