On 5 and 6 March, 1944, while part of the escort of the 63 ships of Convoy HX-280 from New York and Halifax to Liverpool HMCS CHILLIWACK, whose mast is on STAR’s quarterdeck, took part in a thirty-two hour attack on U-744, which finally resulted in her capture about 440 nm west of Ireland.  Men from CHILLIWACK boarded U-744 and recovered code materials but much was lost when their whaler capsized.  U-744 had to be sunk as unseaworthy.

CHILLIWACK already had one U-boat to its credit; U-356 on December 27, 1942.

06 February 1810     Sailors from HMS STARR a 16 gun ship of the MERLIN class, form part of a Naval Brigade that establishes gun batteries to bombard the capital of Guadeloupe, the last French colony in the West Indies.  The surrender of Guadeloupe markedly diminishes the slave trade, made illegal by Britain in 1807.  In 1847, participants are eligible to apply for the Naval General Service Medal with the clasp, Guadeloupe, and STAR received the battle honour Guadeloupe. 

28 January 1944     Steward Dirk Van Ooyen, V-8608, and ERA 5^th Class Douglas Charles Varney, V-40240, of HMCS STAR were reported missing, presumed killed, when HMCS MAHONE, a Bangor class minesweeper, operating as local escort out of Sydney, Nova Scotia, was rammed by the merchant ship SS Fort Townshend, which was operating from New York to St. John’s, off Louisburg. One man was killed and several others injured. MAHONE underwent four months of repairs in Halifax and returned to service in July.