HMS Falcon
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Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey
.
HMS Falcon was a ship in service from 1461 to 1485.
HMS Falcon was a pinnace
in service from 1544 to 1578.HMS Falcon was a ship of 180 bm
in service in 1603.HMS Falcon was a 24-gun ship purchased in 1646. She was gone by 1659.
HMS Falcon was a 6-gun vessel captured from the Royalists
in 1646. She was last listed in 1653.HMS Falcon was a 10-gun ship captured from the Dutch
in 1652. She was used as a fireship in 1653 and sold in 1658. She was also known as the Golden Falcon.HMS Falcon was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1666. She was upgraded to a 42-gun fourth rate in 1668, but reverted to a 36-gun fifth rate in 1691. In 1694 she was captured by the French
in the Mediterranean.HMS Falcon was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694. In 1695 she was captured by three French ships off Dodman
. She was recaptured in 1703 and broken up.HMS Falcon was converted from a merchant ship in 1694 to a 38-gun fifth rate. She was captured by the French in 1695.
HMS Falcon was a 32-gun fourth rate launched in 1704. In 1709 she was captured by the French 58-gun Sérieux in the Mediterranean.
HMS Falcon was a 14-gun sloop
launched in 1744. In 1745 she was captured by the French off Saint Malo. She was recaptured in 1746 and renamed Fortune. Sold in 1770.HMS Falcon was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745. She was converted to an 8-gun bombardment
ship in 1758. She was wrecked in the West Indies in 1759.HMS Falcon was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1771. She was sunk in 1778 as a blockship
in Narragansett Bay
, was salvaged and then floundered in 1779.HMS Falcon was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1782. She was used as a fireship and expended in 1800 at Dunkirk Roads.
HMS Falcon
was a 14-gun sloop. She was launched as Diadem in 1801 and renamed Falcon in 1802. She was sold in 1816.HMS Falcon was a Danish
16-gun sloop which was found abandoned in 1807 near Danzig. She was in service in 1808.HMS Falcon was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1820. An engine was fitted in 1833 and then removed the following year. She was sold in 1838.
HMS Falcon
was a 17-gun sloop launched in 1854. She was sold in 1869.HMS Falcon was a 14-gun launched in 1877. She was put into harbour service in 1890 and sold in 1920.
HMS Falcon was a small C-class destroyer
launched in 1899. In 1918 she was sunk in a collision with the trawler
John Fitzgerald in the North Sea
.HMS Falcon was a river gunboat
launched in 1931. She was handed over to the Chinese Navy in 1942, and renamed Lung Huang. Became Ying Teh in 1948 and Nan Chiang in 1950. Served until 1974.HMS Falcon was a Royal Navy Air Station at Hal Far
, Malta
.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey
Falcon
A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....
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Pinnace (ship's boat)
As a ship's boat the pinnace is a light boat, propelled by sails or oars, formerly used as a "tender" for guiding merchant and war vessels. In modern parlance, pinnace has come to mean a boat associated with some kind of larger vessel, that doesn't fit under the launch or lifeboat definitions...
in service from 1544 to 1578.
Builder's Old Measurement
Builder's Old Measurement is the method of calculating the size or cargo capacity of a ship used in England from approximately 1720 to 1849. It estimated the tonnage of a ship based on length and maximum beam...
in service in 1603.
Cavalier
Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...
in 1646. She was last listed in 1653.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1652. She was used as a fireship in 1653 and sold in 1658. She was also known as the Golden Falcon.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in the Mediterranean.
Dodman Point
Dodman Point is a high headland near Mevagissey, Cornwall. It was once an Iron Age promontory fort. At its seaward end is a large granite cross, erected to help protect shipping from this headland...
. She was recaptured in 1703 and broken up.
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
launched in 1744. In 1745 she was captured by the French off Saint Malo. She was recaptured in 1746 and renamed Fortune. Sold in 1770.
Bombardment
A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire directed against fortifications, troops or towns and buildings.Prior to World War I the term term was only applied to the bombardment of defenceless or undefended objects, houses, public buildings, it was only loosely employed to describe artillery...
ship in 1758. She was wrecked in the West Indies in 1759.
Blockship
A blockship is a ship deliberately sunk to prevent a river, channel, or canal from being used.It may either be sunk by a navy defending the waterway to prevent the ingress of attacking enemy forces, as in the case of HMS Hood at Portland Harbour; or it may be brought by enemy raiders and used to...
in Narragansett Bay
Narragansett Bay
Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound. Covering 147 mi2 , the Bay forms New England's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor, and includes a small archipelago...
, was salvaged and then floundered in 1779.
HMS FALCON (1802)
Launched in 1801 as Diadem, the Whitby-built vessel was renamed HMS Falcon on purchase in 1802 to avoid confusion with the pre-existing third rate . Falcon was a sloop with an armament of fourteen 24-pounders on her main gundeck and two 18-pounders on the quarterdeck, a crew of 75, and a burthen ...
was a 14-gun sloop. She was launched as Diadem in 1801 and renamed Falcon in 1802. She was sold in 1816.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
16-gun sloop which was found abandoned in 1807 near Danzig. She was in service in 1808.
HMS Falcon (1854)
HMS Falcon was a 17-gun Royal Navy Cruizer-class sloop launched in 1854. She served in the Baltic during the Crimean War and then in North America, West Africa and Australia...
was a 17-gun sloop launched in 1854. She was sold in 1869.
C class destroyer (1913)
The C class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications. The uniting feature of the class was a top speed of 30 knots, a...
launched in 1899. In 1918 she was sunk in a collision with the trawler
Naval trawler
A naval trawler is a vessel built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes. Naval trawlers were widely used during the First and Second world wars. Fishing trawlers were particularly suited for many naval requirements because they were robust boats designed to work...
John Fitzgerald in the North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
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Gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
launched in 1931. She was handed over to the Chinese Navy in 1942, and renamed Lung Huang. Became Ying Teh in 1948 and Nan Chiang in 1950. Served until 1974.
Hal Far
Ħal Far , is one of the main industrial estates in Malta. It is at the southern extreme of Malta, between the localities of Birżebbuġa and Żurrieq....
, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
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