HMS Star

HMS Star

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Star" or HMS "Starr":

*HMS|Starr|1643|6 was a 16-gun ship purchased in 1643 and sold in 1652.
*HMS|Starr|1667|6 was a 4-gun fireship purchased in 1667 and expended that year.
*HMS|Starr|1694|6 was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1694 and purchased that year. She was wrecked in 1712.
*HMS|Star|1779|6 was a 14-gun sloop purchased in 1779 and sold circa 1785.
*HMS|Starr|1805|6 was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1805. She was converted to an 8-gun bomb vessel in 1812 and was renamed HMS "Meteor". She was sold in 1816.
*HMS "Star" was a 14-gun brig launched in 1813 as HMS "Lord Melville" (or HMS "Melville"). She was renamed HMS "Star" in 1814 and was sold in 1837.
*HMS|Star|1808|6 was a tender launched in 1808 and sold in 1828.
*HMS|Star|1835|6 was a packet brig launched in 1835. She was transferred to the Coastguard as a watchvessel in 1857 and was renamed "WV 11" in 1863. She was broken up around 1899.
*HMS|Star|1860|6 was a wood screw sloop launched in 1860 and broken up in 1877.
*HMS|Star|1896|6 was a "Star" class destroyer, later categorised as the C class. She was launched in 1896 and sold in 1919.

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*HMS|Starfish


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