HMS Starling (U66)

HMS Starling underway, in 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Starling
Namesake	Starling
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	21 October 1941
Launched	14 October 1942
Completed	1 April 1943
Reclassified	As a frigate in 1947
Fate	Broken up July 1965
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Modified Black Swan-class sloop
Displacement	1,350 tons
Length	299 ft 6 in (91.29 m)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts 4,300 hp (3.21 MW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	192
Armament	6 × 4-inch (102 mm) AA guns (3 × 2) 4 × 2-pounder (40 mm) AA pom-poms 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (6 × 2) 8 x Depth charge throwers, 2 x rails: 110 d/c[2]
Service record
Part of:	2nd Support Group
Commanders:	Frederick John Walker
Operations:	Battle of the Atlantic Arctic convoys Operation Neptune
Victories:	15 U-boats (shared)

HMS Starling, pennant number U66, was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. 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.