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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 |
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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.