HMS Starling (1829) explained

HMS Starling was a 4-gun schooner of the British Royal Navy, one of the two ships in an expedition led by Edward Belcher to survey the Pacific coast of the Americas.[1] Henry Kellett was captain of the ship in the First Opium War with China.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 136.
  2. Book: Barr, William. Arctic Hell-Ship: The Voyage of HMS Enterprise, 1850–1855. 2007. University of Alberta Press. Edmonton. 978-0-88864-472-5. 7. registration.

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