Falmouth (1806 ship)

History
United Kingdom
NameFalmouth
NamesakeFalmouth
BuilderLiverpool
Launched1806
Capturedc.September 1812
General characteristics
Tons burthen426, or 434, or 435 (bm)
Complement
  • 1806:50
  • 1806:63
Armament
  • 1806:20 × 24&8-pounder cannons
  • 1806:2 × 6–pounder + 4 × 9-pounder guns + 18 × 24–pounder carronades

Falmouth was launched in 1806 at Liverpool as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. After the British slave trade ended in 1807, she became a West Indiaman until a privateer captured her in 1812.