HMS Starling (1829)

	Drawing of the Starling, 1835
History
Name	HMS Starling
Namesake	Starling
Ordered	8 December 1828
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	June 1829
Launched	31 September 1829
Reclassified	Converted to survey ship, 1834
Fate	Sold, February 1844
General characteristics
Class and type	cutter
Tons burthen	107 73⁄94 tons bm
Length	60 ft 9 in (18.5 m) (gundeck); 49 ft 5 in (15.1 m) (keel);
Beam	20 ft 3 in (6.2 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.7 m)
Sail plan	Schooner rig
Complement	34
Armament	2 × 6-pounder carronades; 2 × 6-pounder guns;

EIC ship Nemesis, with boats from the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling, destroying Chinese war junks in Anson's Bay, on 7 January 1841.

HMS Starling was a 4-gun schooner of the British Royal Navy, one of the two ships in an expedition led by Edward Belcher to survey the Pacific coast of the Americas.

References[]

Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 136.

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History
Drawing of the Starling, 1835

Name	HMS Starling
Namesake	Starling
Ordered	8 December 1828
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	June 1829
Launched	31 September 1829
Reclassified	Converted to survey ship, 1834
Fate	Sold, February 1844
General characteristics
Class and type	cutter
Tons burthen	107 73⁄94 tons bm
Length	60 ft 9 in (18.5 m) (gundeck) 49 ft 5 in (15.1 m) (keel)
Beam	20 ft 3 in (6.2 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.7 m)
Sail plan	Schooner rig
Complement	34
Armament	2 × 6-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder guns