HMS Falcon was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century.

She had a very brief career in the Royal Navy as she was captured shortly after commissioning by two French ships.

[1] Falcon was the twelfth named vessel since it was used for a ballinger dating from 1343 and sold in 1352.

[2] She was ordered in the Second Batch of eight ships to be built under contract by Nicholas Barret of Shoreham.

[3] She was commissioned on 13 October 1694 under the command of Captain Henry Middleton, RN.