HMS Falmouth (1916): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Name	HMS Falmouth	Wikidata label
Year lost	1916	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	First World War	derived from year
Ship type	light cruiser	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Royal Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	North Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	England	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 8 km from land
Position	53.9822, -0.0750	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

HMS Falmouth was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. She was one of four ships of the Weymouth sub-class. The ship was initially assigned to the Atlantic Fleet upon completion in 1911, but was reduced to reserve in mid-1913. When the First World War began in 1914, Falmouth was transferred to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron (LCS) of the Grand Fleet and then the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron at the end of the year. The ship participated in most of the early fleet actions, including the Battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank, and Jutland, but was only seriously engaged in the latter. She was torpedoed and sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by German submarines during the action of 19 August 1916.

Location

Recorded position: 53.9822, -0.0750 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: North Sea
Nearest coast: England

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OpenStreetMap

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Falmouth (1910) (revision 1375011423), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.