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词条 HMS Goldfinch
释义

  1. Ships

  2. Shore establishment

  3. References

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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:

Ships

  • {{HMS|Goldfinch|1808}} was a 6-gun brig launched in 1808 and disposed of in 1838.
  • {{HMS|Goldfinch|1856}} was an {{sclass-|Albacore|gunboat|0||1855}} wooden screw gunboat launched on 2 February 1856 and broken up 1869.
  • {{HMS|Goldfinch|1889}} was a {{sclass-|Redbreast|gunboat|0}} composite gunboat launched in 1889 and sold in 1907.
  • {{HMS|Goldfinch|1910}} was an {{sclass-|Acorn|destroyer|2}} launched in 1910. She was wrecked on Start Point, Sanday Island, Orkney on 18 February 1915, and subsequently broken for scrap in April 1919.

Shore establishment

  • HMS Goldfinch was the name given to Ta' Qali airfield in Malta when it was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm on 1 April 1945 for use as a Fleet Requirements Unit.

References

  • {{Colledge}}
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1 : Royal Navy ship names

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