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HMS Falcon (1694)

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Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e
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She was ordered in the Second Batch of eight ships to be built under contract by Nicholas Barret of Shoreham. She was launched on 28 September 1694.
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Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB
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was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century. She had a very brief career in the
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as she was captured shortly after commissioning by two French ships. She was recaptured in 1703 then broken.
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was the twelfth named vessel since it was used for a ballinger dating from 1343 and sold in 1352.
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She was commissioned on 13 October 1694 under the command of Captain Henry Middleton, RN.
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off Dodman Point. She was retaken by the British in 1703 and broken.
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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77 ft 6 in (23.6 m) keel for tonnage
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Index

HMS Falcon
England
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Royal Navy
ISBN
9781783469246
ISBN
978-1-5267-9328-7
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Maidstone Group
Maidstone
Jersey
Lizard
Newport
Falcon
Queenborough
Swan
Drake
Solebay
Seahorse
Bideford
Penzance
Dunwich
Oxford
Lizard
Flamborough
Seaford
Deal Castle

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