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HMS ''Starling'', pennant number 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 Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, ''Starling'' was the flagship of Captain Frederic John Walker's 2nd 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 , , , , and . ''Starling'' was scrapped in 1965. ==Combat record against U-boats== ''Starling'' participated in the sinking of fourteen U-boats: * was sunk south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, by depth charges and gunfire from ''Starling'' on 2 June 1943. * was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by ''Starling'' on 24 June 1943. * was sunk east of Newfoundland by ''Starling'', and ''Kite'' on 6 November 1943. * was sunk by ''Starling'' and ''Wild Goose'' on 6 November 1943. * was sunk south-west of Ireland by ''Starling'', ''Wild Goose'' and on 31 January 1944. * was sunk south-west of Ireland by ''Wild Goose'' and ''Starling'' on 9 February 1944. * was sunk south-west of Ireland by ''Kite'', ''Magpie'' and ''Starling'' on 9 February 1944. * was sunk by ''Woodpecker'' and ''Starling'' on 19 February 1944. * was sunk by a Fairey Swordfish from the escort carrier , ''Starling'' and ''Wild Goose'' on 15 March 1944. * was sunk east of Iceland by ''Starling'' on 29 March 1944. * was sunk south-west of Ireland by ''Starling'', ''Wren'' and ''Wild Goose'' on 6 May 1944. * was sunk west of the Scilly Isles by ''Starling'' and the frigate on 31 July 1944. * was sunk in Bay of Biscay, west of St. Nazaire by ''Starling'' and ''Loch Killin'' on 6 August 1944. * was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by ''Starling'' and a Short Sunderland flying boat on 11 August 1944. During the war the ''Starling'' was credited, along with the sloops , , , and frigate , with sinking the in the North Channel on 16 January 1945. The British Admiralty withdrew this credit in a post-war reassessment.〔Blair (2000), 630-631.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Starling (U66)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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