H.M.S. Starling (1882)

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H.M.S. Starling (1882)
Builder: Samuda Brothers[1]
Launched: 19 Apr, 1882[Citation needed]
Sold: 1905[2]

H.M.S. Starling was one of 11 gunboats of the Banterer class.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 22 August, 1882 for service in the Mediterranean.[3]

The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897 under the command of Chief Officer J. S. Gale.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 238.
  4. "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 241.
  6. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 238.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 19 May, 1887. Issue 32076, col E, p. 10.
  8. Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
  9. Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
  10. Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/19. f. 30.
  11. Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/19. f. 30.

Bibliography


Banterer Class Gunboat
Pembroke-built
  Redwing Bullfrog Cockchafer  
Barrow Iron Shipbuilding-built
Grappler Wrangler Wasp Banterer Espoir
Samuda Brothers-built
  Starling Stork Raven  
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