HMS Starling (1829)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Starling.

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.^[1]Henry Kellett was captain of the ship in the First Opium War with China.^[2]

Drawing of the Starling, 1835
History
United Kingdom
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 & type	Lark-class cutter
Tons burthen	107 73⁄94 tons bm
Length	60 ft 9 in (18.5 m) (gundeck) 49 ft 5 in (15.1 m) (keel)
Beam	20 ft 3 in (6.2 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.7 m)
Sail plan	Schooner rig
Complement	34
Armament	2 × 6-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder guns

EIC ship Nemesis, with boats from the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling, destroying Chinese war junks in Anson's Bay, on 7 January 1841.