HMS Starling (U66)

HMS Starling (U66)

HMS "Starling" (U66) was a Modified "Black Swan"-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan, Scotland, launched on 14 October 1942, and commissioned on 1 April 1943.

In the Second Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, "Starling" was the flagship of Captain Frederick John Walker's Second Support Group, a flotilla of six sloops not tied down to convoy protection, but free to hunt down U-boats wherever found. The other ships of the group were HMS|Cygnet|U38|6, HMS|Kite|U87|6, HMS|Wild Goose|U45|6, HMS|Woodpecker|U08|6, and HMS|Wren|U28|6.

"Starling" participated in the sinking of fifteen U-boats:
*"U-202" was sunk south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, by depth charges and gunfire from "Starling" on 2 June 1943.
*"U-119" was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by "Starling" on 24 June 1943.
*"U-226" was sunk east of Newfoundland by "Starling", HMS|Woodcock|U90|6 and "Kite" on 6 November 1943.
*"U-842" was sunk by "Starling" and "Wild Goose" on 6 November 1943.
*"U-592" was sunk south-west of Ireland by "Starling", "Wild Goose" and HMS|Magpie|U82|6 on 31 January 1944.
*"U-734" was sunk south-west of Ireland by "Wild Goose" and "Starling" on 9 February 1944.
*"U-238" was sunk south-west of Ireland by "Kite", "Magpie" and "Starling" on 9 February 1944.
*"U-264" was sunk by "Woodpecker" and "Starling" on 19 February 1944.
*"U-653" was sunk by a Fairey Swordfish from the escort carrier HMS|Vindex|D15|6, "Starling" and "Wild Goose" on 15 March 1944.
*"U-961" was sunk east of Iceland by "Starling" on 29 March 1944.
*"U-473" was sunk south-west of Ireland by "Starling", "Wren" and "Wild Goose" on 6 May 1944.
*"U-333" was sunk west of the Scilly Isles by "Starling" and the frigate HMS|Loch Killin|K391|6 on 31 July 1944.
*"U-736" was sunk in Bay of Biscay, w. of St. Nazaire by "Starling" and "Loch Killin" on 6 August 1944.
*"U-385" was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by "Starling" and a Short Sunderland plane on 11 August 1944.
*"U-482" was sunk in the North Channel by sloops "Starling", HMS|Amethyst|F116|2, HMS|Peacock|U96|2, HMS|Hart|U58|2, and frigate HMS|Loch Craggie|K609|2 on 16 January 1945.

"Starling" was scrapped in 1965.


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