HMS Starr (1805)

Star, plan of the original 1805 build
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Starr
Ordered	27 November 1802
Builder	Benjamin Tanner of Dartmouth
Laid down	July 1804
Launched	26 July 1805
Commissioned	3 November 1805 at Plymouth
Renamed	HMS Meteor in 1812
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps: "Martinique"[1] "14 Dec. Boat Service 1814"[2]
Fate	Sold 16 October 1816
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Merlin-class ship sloop
Tons burthen	36532⁄94 (bm)
Length	106 ft (32.3 m) (gundeck) 87 ft 7 in (26.7 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	121
Armament	As sloop: 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 8 × 6-pounder guns As bomb vessel: 8 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns + 10-inch mortar + 13-inch mortar

HMS Starr was a 16-gun Merlin-class ship sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built by Tanner, of Dartmouth, to plans by Sir William Rule, and launched in July 1805. As a sloop she served on convoy duty, though she also participated in the invasion of Martinique in early 1809. She was rebuilt as a bomb vessel in May 1812 and renamed Meteor. As Meteor she served in the Baltic and then off the United States, participating in attacks on up the Potomac and on Baltimore and New Orleans. She was sold in October 1816.