HMS Starling (1829)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Starling.

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 & type:	Lark-class 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

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.