HMS Starling

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Starling after the starling:

• Template:HMS was a 12-gun gun-brig 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.<ref>Lloyd's List №4178.</ref>
• Template:HMS was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and sold in 1814.
• Template:HMS was a 10-gun cutter launched in 1817 and broken up in 1828.
• Template:HMS was a 4-gun schooner launched in 1829. She was used as a survey ship from 1834, and was sold in 1844.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1871.
• Template:HMS was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1905 as the Stella Maris.
• Template:HMS was a tender, formerly the War Office vessel Miner 17. She was transferred in 1905 and renamed in 1906. She was sold in 1923.
• Template:HMS was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1942 and broken up in 1965.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass launched in 1984 and sold to the Philippines in 1997, being renamed Template:Ship.