File:HMS STARLING at Greenock, 24 March 1943. A15582.jpg

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English: HMS STARLING at Greenock, 24 March 1943.
HMS STARLING, leader of a group of British sloops which have just added two more victims to their impressive record of U-boats destroyed. During a North Atlantic patrol the first U-boat was illuminated by a starshell fired by HMS KITE NW of the Azores. After forcing her down by depth charges the KITE, WOODCOCK, AND STARLING shadowed the enemy until morning. At dawn HMS WOODCOCK dropped another pattern of depth charges, explosions were heard and the surface of the water littered with tell-tale oil and wreckage. Within 8 hours the second U-boat met her fate . She was detected by HMS wild goose and HMS STARLING delivered the coup de grace. (Text from early 1944).

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24 March 1943

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Beadell, S J (Lt)

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	05:01, 25 March 2013		800 × 560 (39 KB)	Fæ (talk \| contribs)	{{User:{{subst:User:Fae/Fae}}/IWM \|description = {{en\|''HMS STARLING at Greenock, 24 March 1943.''<br/> HMS STARLING, leader of a group of British sloops which have just added two more victims to their impressive record of U-boats destroyed. During a N...