Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Starling after the starling: was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1801 and wrecked in 1804. She ran on shore on 25 December in a fog near Calais. She was burnt and her crew returned safely to Deal. was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and sold in 1814. was a 10-gun cutter launched in 1817 and broken up in 1828. was a 4-gun schooner launched in 1829. She was used as a survey ship from 1834, and was sold in 1844. was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1871. was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1905 as the Stella Maris. was a tender, formerly the War Office vessel Miner 17. She was transferred in 1905 and renamed in 1906. She was sold in 1923. was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1942 and broken up in 1965. was a launched in 1984 and sold to the Philippines in 1997, being renamed . Citations Royal Navy ship names