£1,900
A FINELY DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF H.M. SLOOP STARLING AS DEPICTED IN CIRCA 1943
model by M. Reading with 19in. carved hull, finished in green/grey dazzle, detailed fittings and armament as appropriate, depicted at anchor in a moulded and painted seascape with details card and Plexiglass cover -- 9 x 24½ x 10½in. (23 x 62 x 26.5cm.)
From her completion at Fairfields SB in April 1943 to the end of hostilities, Starling, under the command of Captain Frederick John Walker, sank ten U-boats and assisted with the sinking or damaging of several others, one of the highest rates attached to an individual vessel in the War.
fine overall condition
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