HMS Starling

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Starling" after the starling:

*HMS|Starling|1801|6 was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1801 and wrecked in 1804.
*HMS|Starling|1805|6 was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and sold in 1814.
*HMS|Starling|1817|6 was a 10-gun cutter launched in 1817 and broken up in 1828.
*HMS|Starling|1829|6 was a 4-gun schooner launched in 1829. She was used as a survey ship from 1834, and was sold in 1844.
*HMS|Starling|1855|6 was a "Dapper" class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1871.
*HMS|Starling|1882|6 was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1905 as the "Stella Maris".
*HMS|Starling|1905|6 was a tender, formerly the War Office vessel "Miner 17". She was transferred in 1905 and renamed in 1906. She was sold in 1923.
*HMS|Starling|U66|6 was a Modified "Black Swan"-class sloop launched in 1942 and broken up in 1965.
*HMS|Starling|P241|6 was a "Peacock"-class patrol vessel launched in 1984 and sold to the Philippines in 1997, being renamed "Artio Ricarte".