HMS Star (original) (raw)

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Star or HMS Starr: * was a 16-gun ship purchased in 1643 and sold in 1652. * was a 4-gun fireship purchased in 1667 and expended that year. * was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1694 and purchased that year. She was wrecked in 1712. * was a 14-gun sloop purchased in 1779 and sold circa 1785. * was an Albatross-class brig-sloop that the Admiralty sold in 1802. * HMS Starr (1805) 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. * was a tender launched in 1808 and sold in 1828. * was a packet br