Drawing of the Starling, 1835
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History | |
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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: | Lark-class cutter |
Tons burthen: | 107 73⁄94 tons bm |
Length: | |
Beam: | 20 ft 3 in (6.2 m) |
Depth of hold: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Sail plan: | Schooner rig |
Complement: | 34 |
Armament: |
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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.