HMS Falcon--a strange bird?

Today I saw something of a Halloween Trick in a parking lot--a pick-up truck with a sticker (or magnet or some other type of decoration) on the tailgate reading "H.M.S. Falcon" and "Royal Navy 1776," with a Union Jack (sans the diagonal red stripes) between the lines of text.

Without an opportunity to speak with he truck's owner, I'm left scratching my head. This sticker commemorated an enemy warship. OK--it was two centuries ago, so the wounds are healed, making the sticker considerably less offensive than one reading "Panzer Division," "Viet Cong," or "Taliban." Nonetheless, it seemed odd that someone was celebrating a British warship from the time of the Revolutionary War.

A Google search didn't reveal much useful information. A sloop called the Falcon fought in the Revolution, off North Carolina in May and September of 1776. In 1790, William Bligh (of Bounty fame) served as a commander on the Falcon. It occurred to me that the Falcon might be a museum, but searching for "Falcon" with "museum" finds a museum dedicated to World War II gliders and a couple of websites dedicated to falcons, as in birds. A visit to the Royal Navy's website illuminated absoutely nothing. I even asked friends if they had heard of the ship. Again nothing.

Sometimes, I'm just left to wonder...