HMS Falcon (1854)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Falcon.

Falcon at Portsmouth Point, Spithead in 1859
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Falcon
Ordered2 April 1853
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1853
Launched10 August 1854
Commissioned30 March 1855
Decommissioned1869
FateBroken up at Plymouth in 1869
General characteristics
Class and typeCruizer-class screw sloop
Displacement1,045 tons
Tons burthen747+51⁄94 bm
Length
  • 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
  • 140 ft 1.75 in (42.7165 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph)
Armament
  • 1 × 32 pdr (56 cwt) pivot gun
  • 16 × 32 pdr (32 cwt) carriage guns
Service record
Commanders: Algernon Heneage
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.