Nine ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Starling'' after the
starling
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:
* was a 12-gun
gun-brig
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launched in 1801 and wrecked in 1804. She ran on shore on 25 December in a fog near Calais. She was burnt and her crew returned safely to Deal.
''Lloyd's List'' №4178.
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* was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and sold in 1814.
* was a 10-gun cutter
Cutter may refer to:
Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Cutter (hydraulic rescue tool)
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Pizza cutter
* Side cutter
People
* Cutter (surname)
* Cutt ...
launched in 1817 and broken up in 1828.
* was a 4-gun schooner
A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...
launched in 1829. She was used as a survey ship
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from 1834, and was sold in 1844.
* was a wooden screw gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
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launched in 1855 and sold in 1871.
* was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1905 as the ''Stella Maris''.
* was a tender, formerly the War Office
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vessel ''Miner 17''. She was transferred in 1905 and renamed in 1906. She was sold in 1923.
* was a Modified ''Black Swan''-class sloop launched in 1942 and broken up in 1965.
* was a launched in 1984 and sold to the Philippines
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in 1997, being renamed .
Citations
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Royal Navy ship names