HMS Crescent (1784)
 HMS Crescent was a 36-gun Flora-Class frigate of the British Royal Navy. Launched in 1784 she spent the first years of her service on blockade duty in the English Channel where she single-handedly captured the French frigate La Reunion. In 1795 Crescent was part of a squadron commanded by George Elphinstone that forced the surrender of a Batavian squadron at the Battle of Saldanha Bay.