HMS North Star (1824)

Bow of the North Star. Illustrated London News 1849
History
United Kingdom
Name	North Star
Ordered	30 April 1818
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down	April 1820
Launched	7 February 1824
Completed	26 May 1826
Fate	Broken up at Chatham Dockyard in 1860
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Atholl-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	501 bm
Length	113 ft 8 in (34.65 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 8.75 in (28.8735 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	175
Armament	28 guns: Upper Deck: 20 × 32-pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pdr carronades Forecasle: 2 × 9-pdr guns

HMS North Star was a 28-gun Atholl-class sixth-rate post ship built to an 1817 design by the Surveyors of the Navy. She was launched in 1824. North Star Bay, a bay in Greenland, was named in honour of this ship.