HMS Falcon (1899)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Falcon.
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.
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Falcon before 1 January 1918 | |
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Name | Falcon |
Ordered | 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Cost | £65,119[1] |
Yard number | 412[1] |
Laid down | 26 June 1899[1] |
Launched | 29 December 1899[1] |
Commissioned | December 1901 |
Fate | Lost in collision with the armed trawler HMS John Fitzgerald, 1 April 1918 |
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Class and type | Fairfield three funnel, 30 knot destroyer |
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Length | 215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) o/a |
Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
Installed power | 6,300 ihp (4,700 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 63 officers and men |
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