HMS Falcon (1782)

{{short description|Brig of the Royal Navy}}

{{other ships|HMS Falcon}}

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HMS Falcon was a fourteen gun brig sloop launched on 23 September 1782 from Hills Yard in Sandwich. She was expended as a fireship in the raid on Dunkirk on 7 July 1800{{cite book |last1=Colledge |first1=J.J |title=Ships of the Royal Navy : the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy |date=2003 |publisher=Greenhill |location=London |isbn=1853675660 |page=121 |edition=Rev..}} Her crew, under Captain Butt,London Gazette [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15274/page/782 Issue 15274 page 782] 8 July 1800 shared with nineteen other shipsLondon Gazette [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15297/page/1123 Issue 15297 page 1123] 27 September 1800 the prize money awarded for the cutting out of the French frigate La Diserée during the same operation.