HMS Falmouth was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 18th century.

The number of six-pounder guns on the quarterdeck was reduced to four, but the pair on the forecastle were retained.

[4] Falmouth was the third ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the eponymous port.

[5] Built to the 1706 Establishment design, the ship was ordered on 8 February 1707.

She was built at Woolwich Dockyard under the direction of Master Shipwright Richard Stacey, and was launched on 26 February 1708[6] On 14 May 1724 Falmouth was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 3 April 1729.