Twelve ships of the
Royal Navy
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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
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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
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purchased in 1779 and sold circa 1785.
* was an that the Admiralty sold in 1802.
* 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.
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HMS ''Star'' was a 14-gun
brig
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launched in 1813 as (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 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.
* was a wood
screw sloop launched in 1860 and broken up in 1877.
* was a , later categorised as the . She was launched in 1896 and sold in 1919.
See also
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Canadian Forces Naval Reserve
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division in
Hamilton, Ontario
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Battle Honours
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Dover 1652
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Martinique 1809
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Guadeloupe 1810
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Royal Navy ship names