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==U-boat kills== * [[German submarine U-213|''U-213'']] was sunk east of the [[Azores]] by {{HMS|Erne|U03|2}}, {{HMS|Rochester|L50|2}} and {{HMS|Sandwich|l12|2}} on 31 July 1942. * [[German submarine U-124 (1940)|''U-124'']] was sunk west of [[Porto]] by the corvette {{HMS|Stonecrop|K142|2}} and {{HMS|Black Swan|L57|2}} on 2 April 1943. * [[German submarine U-202|''U-202'']] was sunk at 00:30 hrs on 2 June 1943 south-east of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]], in position {{Coord|56.12|N|39.52|W}}, by [[depth charge]]s and gunfire from {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} on 2 June 1943. * [[German submarine U-449|''U-449'']] was sunk north-west of [[Cape Ortegal]] by {{HMS|Wren|U28|2}}, {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}}, {{HMS|Kite|U87|2}} and {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} on 24 June 1943. * [[German submarine U-462|''U-462'']] was sunk in the [[Bay of Biscay]] by a [[Handley-Page Halifax]] and {{HMS|Wren|U28|2}}, {{HMS|Kite|U87|2}}, {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}}, {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} and {{HMS|Woodcock|U90|2}} on 30 July 1943. * [[German submarine U-504|''U-504'']] was sunk north-west of [[Cape Ortegal]] by {{HMS|Kite|U87|2}}, {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}}, {{HMS|Wren|U28|2}} and {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} on 30 July 1943. * [[German submarine U-226|''U-226'']] was sunk east of [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] by {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}}, {{HMS|Woodcock|U90|2}} and {{HMS|Kite|U87|2}} on 6 November 1943. * [[German submarine U-538|''U-538'']] was sunk south-west of Ireland by the frigate {{HMS|Foley|K474|2}} and {{HMS|Crane|U23|2}} on 21 November 1943. * [[German submarine U-119 (1942)|''U-119'']] was sunk in the [[Bay of Biscay]] by {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} on 24 June 1943. * [[German submarine U-842|''U-842'']] was sunk by {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} and {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} on 6 November 1943. * [[German submarine U-592|''U-592'']] was sunk south-west of Ireland by {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}}, {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} and {{HMS|Magpie|U82|2}} on 31 January 1944. * [[German submarine U-762|''U-762'']] was sunk by {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}} and {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} on 8 February 1944. * [[German submarine U-734|''U-734'']] was sunk south-west of Ireland by {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} and {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} on 9 February 1944. * [[German submarine U-238|''U-238'']] was sunk south-west of Ireland by {{HMS|Kite|U87|2}}, {{HMS|Magpie|U82|2}} and {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} on 9 February 1944. * The [[Japanese submarine Ro-110]] was depth charged and sunk east-south-east off [[Visakhapatnam]], India by the Indian sloop {{HMIS|Jumna|U21|6}} and the Australian [[minesweeper]]s {{HMAS|Launceston|J179|6}} and {{HMAS|Ipswich|J186|6}} on 11th - 12th February 1944. * [[German submarine U-424|''U-424'']] was sunk south-west of Ireland by {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} and {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}} on 11 February 1944. * [[German submarine U-264|''U-264'']] was sunk by {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}} and {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} on 19 February 1944. * [[German submarine U-653|''U-653'']] was sunk by a [[Fairey Swordfish]] from the escort carrier {{HMS|Vindex|D15|2}}, {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} and {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} on 15 March 1944. * [[German submarine U-961|''U-961'']] was sunk east of [[Iceland]] by {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} on 29 March 1944. * [[German submarine U-962|''U-962'']] was sunk north-west of [[Cape Finisterre]] by {{HMS|Crane|U23|2}} and {{HMS|Cygnet|U38|2}} on 8 April 1944. * [[German submarine U-473|''U-473'']] was sunk south-west of Ireland by {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}}, {{HMS|Wren|U28|2}} and {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} on 6 May 1944. * [[German submarine U-333|''U-333'']] was sunk west of the [[Isles of Scilly|Scilly Isles]] by {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} and the frigate {{HMS|Loch Killin|K391|2}} on 31 July 1944. * [[German submarine U-608|''U-608'']] was sunk in the [[Bay of Biscay]] by {{HMS|Wren|U28|2}} and a [[B-24 Liberator]] on 10 August 1944. * [[German submarine U-385|''U-385'']] was sunk in the [[Bay of Biscay]] by {{HMS|Starling|U66|2}} and a [[Short Sunderland]] on 11 August 1944. * [[German submarine U-198|''U-198'']] was sunk near the [[Seychelles]] by the frigate {{HMS|Findhorn|K301|2}} and [[HMIS Godavari (U52)|HMIS ''Godavari'']] on 12 August 1944. * [[German submarine U-354|''U-354'']] was sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] by {{HMS|Mermaid|U30|2}} and {{HMS|Peacock|U96|2}}, the frigate {{HMS|Loch Dunvegan|K425|2}} and the destroyer {{HMS|Keppel|D84|2}} on 24 August 1944. * [[German submarine U-394|''U-394'']] was sunk in the [[Norwegian Sea]] by a [[Fairey Swordfish]] from the escort carrier {{HMS|Vindex|D15|2}}, the destroyers {{HMS|Keppel|D84|2}} and {{HMS|Whitehall|D94|2}} and the sloops {{HMS|Mermaid|U30|2}} and {{HMS|Peacock|U96|2}} on 2 September 1944. * [[German submarine U-425|''U-425'']] was sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] by {{HMS|Lark|U11|2}} and the corvette {{HMS|Alnwick Castle|K405|2}} on 17 February 1945. * [[German submarine U-1276|''U-1276'']] was sunk south of [[Waterford]] by {{HMS|Amethyst|U16|2}} on 20 February 1945. * [[German submarine U-1208|''U-1208'']] was sunk by {{HMS|Amethyst|U16|2}} and others on 20 February 1945. * [[German submarine U-327|''U-327'']] was sunk in the [[English Channel]] by the frigates {{HMS|Labuan|K584|2}} and {{HMS|Loch Fada|K390|2}} and {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} on 27 February 1945. * [[German submarine U-683|''U-683'']] was sunk by {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} and others on 12 March 1945. ===Reassessment=== * [[German submarine U-482|''U-482'']] was credited during the war to the ''Starling'', along with the sloops {{HMS|Amethyst|F116|2}}, {{HMS|Peacock|U96|2}}, {{HMS|Hart|U58|2}}, and frigate {{HMS|Loch Craggie|K609|2}}, as having been sunk in the North Channel on 16 January 1945. The [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|Admiralty]] withdrew this credit in a post-war reassessment in the 1990s.{{sfn|Blair|2000|pp=630β631}}
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