HMS Falkland

HMS Falkland
Launched in 1696, HMS Falkland carried the distinction of being the first Royal Navy warship launched in the American colonies. In reality a 50-gun fourth rate, in Pirates of the Burning Sea this vessel appears as a 62-gun San Fernando fourth rate ship of the line, fresh from a 1720 refit at Deptford, England.

The vessel will appear in the reboot of the "Norfolk Dispatches" later this year.

Rating: Fourth rate

Class:  San Fernando  class Ship of the Line

Date of Commission: March 2nd, 1696

 Shipyard : Holland, New Castle, New Hampshire

Crew: 480.

Status: In active service.

Armament
Total Guns: 62

Topdeck: 6 x 6lbs.

Upper Gundeck: 24 x 10lbs.

Gundeck: 26 x 18lbs.

Stern Chasers: 2 x 22lbs.

Broadside Weight: 372lbs.

Commanders
Current Captain: Stewart Latham

Previous Captains: -