HMS Falcon (1899)

HMS Falcon was a Fairfield three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates. She spent her life in Home waters, was part of the Dover Patrol during World War I and was lost in a collision on 1 April 1918.

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

Falcon before 1 January 1918
History
United Kingdom
NameFalcon
Ordered1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Cost£65,119
Yard number412
Laid down26 June 1899
Launched29 December 1899
CommissionedDecember 1901
FateLost in collision with the armed trawler HMS John Fitzgerald, 1 April 1918
General characteristics
Class and typeFairfield three funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 370 long tons (376 t) light
  • 420 long tons (427 t) full load
Length215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) o/a
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draught8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Installed power6,300 ihp (4,700 kW)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers
  • 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 shafts
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 85 tons coal
  • 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament
  • 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount
  • 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount
  • 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
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