HMS Goldfinch
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
and one shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European Goldfinch
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HMS Goldfinch was an Albacore class wooden screw gunboat launched on 1856-02-02 and broken up 1869.
HMS Goldfinch
was a Redbreast class composite gunboat launched in 1889 and sold in 1907. HMS Goldfinch
was an Acorn class destroyer
launched in 1910. She was wrecked on Start Point, Sanday Island
, Orkney on 1915-02-18, and subsequently broken for scrap in April 1919.
when it was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm
on 1945-04-01 for use as a Fleet Requirements Unit.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
and one shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European Goldfinch
European Goldfinch
The European Goldfinch or Goldfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family.-Habitat and range:The goldfinch breeds across Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia, in open, partially wooded lowlands. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from colder regions...
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Ships
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HMS Goldfinch (1889)
HMS Goldfinch was a of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 18 May 1889.She commenced service on the Australia Station in March 1890. She left the Australia Station in August 1899 and returned to England...
was a Redbreast class composite gunboat launched in 1889 and sold in 1907.
HMS Goldfinch (1910)
HMS Goldfinch was an Acorn-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built in 1910. She was wrecked in fog on Start Point, Sanday, one of the northern Orkney Isles, on the night of 18-19 February 1915. She was broken up for scrap in April 1919....
was an Acorn class destroyer
Acorn class destroyer
The Acorn class was a class of twenty destroyers of the Royal Navy all built under the 1909-1910 Programme, and completed between 1910 and 1911...
launched in 1910. She was wrecked on Start Point, Sanday Island
Sanday, Orkney
Sanday is one of the inhabited islands in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. With an area of , it is the third largest of the Orkney Islands. The main centres of population are Lady Village and Kettletoft. Sanday can be reached by Orkney Ferries or plane from Kirkwall on the...
, Orkney on 1915-02-18, and subsequently broken for scrap in April 1919.
Shore establishment
HMS Goldfinch was the name given to Ta' Qali airfield in MaltaMalta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
when it was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...
on 1945-04-01 for use as a Fleet Requirements Unit.