Construction and Specifications
''Falcon'' was ordered on 16 March 1703 to be built at Deptford Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright Fisher Harding. She was launched on 2 December 1704. Her dimensions were a gundeck of with a keel of for tonnage calculation with a breadth of and a depth of hold of . Her builder's measure tonnage was calculated as 411 tons (Commissioned Service 1702-1709
''Falcon'' was commissioned on 1 December 1704 under the command of Captain Charles Stewart then assigned to Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Fleet. Captain Bartholomew Candler was assigned as her commander on 27 January 1706. On 30 April 1706 Captain Robert Delvall assumed command for service in the Mediterranean. Captain Delvall dies on 29 January 1708. Captain William Massam took command on 17 May 1708 and held this command until his suicide on 2 October 1708. Captain Charles Constable took command after Captain Massam's death.In consort with ''Pembroke''. they were detached to cruise between Toulon and Corsica.Loss
''Falcon'' was taken along with ''Pembroke'' by a French squadron off Toulon on 29 December 1709. She struck her colours when only 16 members of her crew were left unwounded.Clowes (1898), Chapter XXIV, page 523Notes
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References
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