Allied Warships

HMS Starling (U 66)

Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class


HMS Starling during the Second World War

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassModified Black Swan 
PennantU 66 
Built byFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down21 Oct 1941 
Launched14 Oct 1942 
Commissioned1 Apr 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Frederick John Walker, DSO and Bar, RN
21 March 1943 - July 1944
CB awarded on 14 September 1943
DSO and 2nd Bar awarded on 22 February 1944
DSO and 3rd Bar awarded on 13 June 1944

Lt. John Seymour Filleul, DSC and Bar, RN
July 1944 – 7 July 1944

Cdr. Norman Winder Duck, DSC, RNR
8 July 1944 – August 1944

Cdr. George William Emil Castens, DSO, RN
August 1944 – November 1944

Cdr. William Cole, RD, RNR
November 1944 – February 1945

Lt. Cedric Charles Fielding Scarlett, RN
February 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Commands listed for HMS Starling (U 66)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. Frederick John Walker, DSO, RN21 Mar 19437 Jul 1944
2Lt.Cdr. Norman Winder Duck, RD, DSC, RNR8 Jul 1944Aug 1944
3Cdr. (retired) George William Emil Castens, DSO, RNAug 1944Nov 1944
4William Cole, RNRNov 1944Feb 1945
5Cedric Charles Fielding Scarlett, RNFeb 19458 Feb 1946

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Noteable events involving Starling include:


2 Jun 1943
The German submarine U-202 was sunk at 0030hrs on 2 June 1943 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 56º12'N, 39º52'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the British sloop HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, DSO and Bar, RN). (see map)

24 Jun 1943
The German submarine U-119 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 44º59'N, 12º24'W by ramming and depth charges from the British sloop HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, DSO and Bar, RN). (see map)

6 Nov 1943
The German submarine U-226 was sunk at 0700hrs on 6 November 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 44º49'N, 41º13'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, RN) and HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, DSC, RN). (see map)

6 Nov 1943
The German submarine U-842 was sunk at 1400hrs on 6 November 1943 in the western North Atlantic, in position 43º42'N, 42º08'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN) and HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSC, RN). (see map)

31 Jan 1944
The German submarine U-592 was sunk at 1000hrs on 31 January 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 50º20'N, 17º29'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSC, RN) and HMS Magpie (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Abram, RN). (see map)

9 Feb 1944
The German submarine U-734 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49º43'N, 16º23'W by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSC, RN) and HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN). (see map)

9 Feb 1944
The German submarine U-238 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49º45'N, 16º07'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN), HMS Magpie (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Abram, RN) and HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN). (see map)

19 Feb 1944
The German submarine U-264 was sunk at 1707hrs on 19 February 1944 in the North Atlantic, in position 48º31'N, 22º05'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Woodpecker (Cdr. H.L. Pryse, RNR) and HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN). (see map)

15 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-653 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 53º46'N, 24º35'W, by depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft of the British escort carrier HMS Vindex (Capt. H.T.T. Bayliss, RN), and by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.J. Walker, CB, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) and HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)

29 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-961 was sunk east of Iceland, in position 64º31'N, 03º19'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and 2 Bars, RN). (see map)

6 May 1944
The German submarine U-473 was sunk at 0200 hrs in the North Atlantic west south-west of Ireland, in position 49º29'N, 21º22'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.J. Walker, CB, DSO and 2 Bars, RN), HMS Wren (Lt.Cdr. S.R.J. Woods, RNR) and HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)

31 Jul 1944
The German submarine U-333 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of the Scilly Isles, in position 49º39'N, 07º28'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Starling (Cdr. N.W. Duck, DSC, RNR) and the British frigate HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR). (see map)

11 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-385 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of La Rochelle, in position 46º16'N, 02º45'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Starling (Cdr. N.W. Duck, DSC, RNR) and depth charges from an Australian Sunderland aircraft (RAAF Sqdn. 461/P). (see map)

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