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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}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.
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