  {|     |}  hms starling (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 shi
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