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Falcon, 1854
Type: Sloop ; Armament 17
Launched : 10 Aug 1854 ; Disposal date or year : 1869
BM: 748 tons ; Displacement: 1139 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 100
Notes:

5 Oct 1855 distribution of proceeds arising from a quantity of Swedish iron seized in the island of Applo. [per London Gazette of 30 Dec 1856].

20 Jan 1856 Portsmouth. Taken into dock.

4 Feb 1856 Portsmouth. In dock.

19 Feb 1856 Had her compasses swung today for adjustment, prior to going out to Spithead.

25 Feb 1856 Sailed from Spithead with the Imperieuse as a part of the Baltic Fleet, for the Downs.

23 Apr 1856, Present at Fleet Review, Spithead ; Commander Pullen

1860 West Coast of Africa

14 Nov 1863 Portsmouth. Commissioned.

1864 Australian Station. Medical report : diarrhoea onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.