HMS Falcon (1854)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Falcon.
HMS Falcon was a 17-gun Royal Navy Cruizer-class sloop launched in 1854. She served in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War and then in North America, West Africa and Australia. She was sold for breaking in 1869.
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Falcon at Portsmouth Point, Spithead in 1859 | |
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Name | HMS Falcon |
Ordered | 2 April 1853 |
Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
Laid down | November 1853 |
Launched | 10 August 1854 |
Commissioned | 30 March 1855 |
Decommissioned | 1869 |
Fate | Broken up at Plymouth in 1869 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cruizer-class screw sloop |
Displacement | 1,045 tons [1] |
Tons burthen | 747+51⁄94 bm[1] |
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Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)[1] |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)[1] |
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Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
Speed | 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) |
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Service record | |
Commanders: | Algernon Heneage |
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