Twelve ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Star'' or HMS ''Starr'': * was a 16-gun ship purchased in 1643 and sold in 1652. * was a 4-gun

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purchased in 1667 and expended that year. * was an 8-gun

bomb vessel A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (Naval long gun, long guns or carronades) – although bomb vessels carried a few cannons for self-defence – but ...

launched in 1694 and purchased that year. She was wrecked in 1712. * was a 14-gun sloop purchased in 1779 and sold circa 1785. * was an that the Admiralty sold in 1802. * was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1805. She was converted to an 8-gun bomb vessel in 1812 and was renamed HMS ''Meteor''. She was sold in 1816. * HMS ''Star'' was a 14-gun

brig A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the l ...

launched in 1813 as (or HMS ''Melville''). She was renamed HMS ''Star'' in 1814 and was sold in 1837. * was a tender launched in 1808 and sold in 1828. * was a

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launched in 1835. She was transferred to the

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as a watchvessel in 1857 and was renamed ''WV 11'' in 1863. She was broken up around 1899. * was a wood

screw sloop A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. They were popularized in the mid-19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine and the transition of fleets to this new technology. The sailing sloop The British sloop in the Age o ...

launched in 1860 and broken up in 1877. * was a , later categorised as the . She was launched in 1896 and sold in 1919.

Battle Honours

* Dover 1652 * Martinique 1809 * Guadeloupe 1810 {{DEFAULTSORT:Starfish, Hms Royal Navy ship names

See also

Battle Honours