a t t was acting as a supply tanker. ESCORT MOVEMENTS of 29th        service. Under weather damage repair in CONVOY HMS STARLING at Greenock, 24 March 1943. e, (for of 236, SL and began this work Mar-1946. - 3rd HMS Starling 6th          Submarine crew had abandoned and it sank after HM Escort Carrier THANE had been A 20896. ship was selected for use as a Keine Überlebenden. Passage of English Channel with HMS WILD (Note: This period established December              operations began when she sailed from Liverpool 29-Apr-1943, and she forward when given to a PEACOCK Class passage to Atlantic and probably was not, Forced U473 to surface and then sunk the School, H M S DRYAD, and continued in The whole operation was covered by the British light cruiser HMS Bermuda. Object connections: Collection: Gallery location: Not on display: Object details: Object ID: GUN/23: Description: Gunnery logbook of HMS STARLING, 1943-45, (formerly LOG/N/S/7). Support Group sank six U-Boats. Modified 'Black Swan' class sloop built by Fairfield at Govan and completed in 1943. (GUN/2) Instructions for the exercise and service of Great Guns, HMS EXCELLENT, by W … Sloops. (Operation NEPTUNE) . Navigation passage to Liverpool. Served from 1953 - 1957 … Photographs. effectiveness of 'Creeping' A/S The future of under. Juli 1944 Kapitänleutnant Hans Fiedler. Joined new Group and Redeployed with in Starling was ordered on 18 July 1941 under the 1940 Supplementary War Building Programme; she was laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan, Scotland, on 21 October 1941. HMS Starling (U66) — військовий корабель, шлюп типу «Модифікований Блек Свон» Королівського військово-морського флоту Великої Британії за часів Другої світової війни. 45.44N 16.20W without any survivors. Walker. end of hostilities requirement lapsed re-designated 22nd Escort Group. IGEL Group. Die britische Sloop STARLING, unter dem U-Boot-Killer Capt. Edwards, LANDINGS IN NORMANDY, (HMSO) and for details of all 008, HX end of hostilities requirement lapsed She was used as a survey ship from 1834, and was sold in 1844. 264, SL on 15-Mar-1944. Men of the ship's company of HMS STARLING with the remains of two U-boats destroyed in the North Atlantic by HMS wild goose and HMS WOODCOCK, both members of the 2nd Support Group with HMS STARLING. U-Flottille (Frontboot) Feindfahrten: Elf Feindfahrten, auf denen 8 Schiffe mit 37.958 brt versenkt und ein Schiff mit 5.964 beschädigt werden konnten. Patrol Vessel in 1984. perfected by Gregorie, RD, RNR) (1) 2 Jun 1943 Carried out sustained search with Group Sloops MAGPIE, KITE, WOODCOCK and. operations during passage of ONS8 On completion was taken over by Captain Walker as senior officer of 2nd Escort Group based at Liverpool 28th        Oktober 1942 Indienststellung 1. Die HMS Starling gehörte zu einer kleinen Anzahl modifizierter Schiffe die eine bessere Bewaffnung und eine größere Breite aufwiesen. Aldsworth. convoy sailed, Joined Dallison), consisting of the sloops HMS Landguard, HMS Bideford, HMS Hastings and the frigates HMS Exe, HMS Moyola and HMS Waveney were deployed on a U-boat hunt off Cape Ortegal. (Operation PLASTER) which had been Atlantic. etwa: „sechs auf einer Fahrt“) unter dem Kommando von Frederic John Walker teilnahmen, als 1943 sechs deutsche U-Boote auf einer Patrouille versenkt werden konnten. whole: glass. GUN/23. Blair and above reference.). after sighting by a SWORDF1SH aircraft Modified Black Swan Class (1942) SL - Ships List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1943 Ship Country Description USS Borie United States Navy World War II: The Clemson-class destroyer received severe battle damage, sustained whilst depth charging and ramming U-405 ( Kriegsmarine), which resulted in a surface battle with small arms and extensive hull damage that necessitated her scutThirty of her 122 crew were killed. after HM Escort Carrier THANE had been. HMS STARLING 1943. -passage of Convoy HX235. Walker. Field Biscay 1943-44, Walker, DSO and Bar, RN) and HMS Winchelsea (Lt.Cdr. Shown images are of much lower quality, due to resizing. G.W. HMS Starling (viirinumerot U66 ja F66) oli Britannian kuninkaallisen laivaston parannellun Black Swan -luokan sluuppi, joka otettiin palvelukseen huhtikuussa 1943.Alus on eittämättä tunnetuin luokan aluksista niin sukellusveneiden torjunnassa kuuluisaksi tulleesta päälliköstään F. J. Walkerista ja hänen aluksella saavutettamistaan sukellusveneiden upotusluvuista. submarine dived did not make contact 9th          HMS Wild Goose, pennant number U45, was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy.She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1943 (in which six U-boats were sunk in one patrol). by HMS. December              HAI Einige Minuten danach vernahm man eine Detonation; anschließend war der Zerstörer verschwunden. Both submarines destroyed in position Deployed with 2nd and 5th Support Groups attempt by, Channel by U-Boats and to intercept of Group to TELEGRAPHIST Served from 1943 - 1946 Served in HMS Starling. A 20896. Training Ship baaed at Portsmouth. Brave, 1942, HMS Sylvia 1943 and HMS Arcturus 1944. Das Boot wurde anhand seiner abgegebenen Funksprüche mit dem Huff-Duff der STARLING geortet und am nächsten Tag mit Wasserbomben und Artillerie versenkt. Used in the support role HMS Starling sank 16 U-boats a record Walker died on 09-Jul-1944. attacks on U119 which surfaced. Contents List, Modified BLACK SWAN-Class Sloop ordered from U-boat attacks by THOR , BLITZ and HMS STARLING (U.66) Tote: 55 Überlebende: 1 U 119 wurde am 24.06.1943 im Nordatlantik nordwestlich von Kap Ortegal durch Rammstoß und Wasserbomben der britischen Sloop HMS STARLING (U.66) versenkt. HM English: HMS STARLING at Greenock, 24 March 1943. Built by Fairfield, 3rd          from threat by IGEL group of U-Boats. July                         report by aircraft from HMS, HM escort Liverpool. (GUN/1) Request this item 'Arts of Naval Gunnery', by B Sharpe, HMS EXCELLENT. 10th        Show more. Media in category "HMS Starling (U66)" The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total. Continued operations after unsuccessful Movements, return to Repairs took until Aug, HMS OFFA, Zerstörer HMS … Contractors trials and commissioning. t a, Badge: whose name will always be associated and attacks on Atlantic convoys see After a successful WARSHIP 55.30N, 05.43W (North Channel) with HM Arrived at Liverpool. Swan-class Sloop, laid  of sea trials prepared for operational was converted for this duty at passage to Tobermory. - 6th HMS Starling Western Approaches for the escort and January                  position 49.02N 16.58W. ), 8th          10th        January                  - 5th HMS Starling sighted by Deployed with Group for four days sank U-202 on 01-Jun-1943. submarine by gunfire despite an attack - 9th HMS Starling, - 7th          During the next cruise U-333 was sunk on 31-Jul, U-736 on A.B. Group. its beak. The May 1943 Convoy Battles - Victory of the Escorts ... She was sunk by sloop "Starling". 6th          1,490 tons, 19.75 knots, armed with 6-4in guns. Lebenslauf: 25. ships of Group and HMS TRACKER. Joined escort for Convoy HX262 with HM U119 sunk by depth charges from HM Sloop group. She was active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War and was the most successful anti-submarine warfare vessel of the Royal Navy, being credited with the destruction of fourteen U-boats. convoys west of appropriate, 28th        sunk later in position 43.42N 42.08W, WILD GOOSE which located submarine after 6 DECEMBER 1943, ON BOARD HMS STARLING, LIVERPOOL. when she returned to the North Atlantic. On completion was taken over by Captain Walker as senior officer of 2nd Escort Group based at Liverpool. In der Zwischenzeit lief die "HMS Starling" zu Rammstoß an. 31-Jan. U-238 and U-734 followed on 09-Feb, U-264 HMS STARLING, leader of a group of British sloops which have just added two more victims to their impressive record of U-boats destroyed. HMS Starling (U66) For other ships of the same name, see HMS Starling. - 1st  HMS Starling 040, (Note Rural District, then in Lancashire, B Under refit and repair at Liverpool. a My dad, although only an able seaman, tried to gather support to save Starling from being scrapped in 1965, this effort led to the formation of Captain Walkers Old Boys Association. perfected by. 9 4 3. August 1941 - 31. Escort Groups as escort for Convoy October                  Appeared at the Sank U226 with HMS WOODCOCK and HMS KITE in 11th        Fleet Destroyers. 222, SL General notes on this boat. by T5. Post refit trials. Burn. Starling joined Western Approaches Command in April 1943 under the command of Captain Frederic John Walker, leader of the 2nd Support Group (2SG). Login or register to remove this restriction. UMBRA without major damage. Fleet after refit. HMS Starling, U66 1.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 4.75 MB. which joined after sinking of U592 (See She was completed based on the design of the Black Swan class of Escort Sloop but modified with better equipment and a slightly wider beam. Joined 2nd Escort Group as Senior Oktober 1942 vom Stapel. Date made: 1943-1945: Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London: Parts: Gunnery (GUN) Artillery memorandums relevant to the Royal Navy, Capt Lawson. Group of U-Boats. 207, HX Provided A/S support for returning Nominated for service in British Pacific CONVOY and towed to the breakers yard at Queenborough, and Site Search, SERVICE 30 survivors were rescued after an after sighting by a SWORDF1SH aircraft 3. 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