The French brig Griffon was a Palinure-class brig launched in 1806. After HMS Bacchante captured her in 1808, the Royal Navy took her into service. Griffon participated in one action that resulted in her crew being awarded the Naval General Service Medal. Two of her officers were subject to notable courts martial, one for murder and one for smuggling, with the murderer being hanged and the smuggler dismissed the Navy. The Navy sold Griffon in 1819 to Hills & Co., who proceeded to use her in mercantile service between London and the South Seas, under some seven different masters, until c. 1846.