- Construction and service
- References
- External links
{{other ships|HMS Goldfinch}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}{{Infobox ship career| Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag= | Ship name=HMS Goldfinch | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=12 July 1910 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship struck= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=*Wrecked, 19 February 1915- broken up for scrap, April 1919
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Acorn-class destroyer | 772|LT|t|abbr=on}} | 246|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 25.2|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 8|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | 13500|shp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*2 × Parsons Steam turbines- 4 × Yarrow boilers
- 2 × shafts
| 27|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=72 | 4|in|mm|abbr=on}}/40 cal Mark VIII guns, 2 × QF {{convert|12|pdr|kg|abbr=on}} 12 cwt Mark I guns, 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes | Ship notes=
}} | 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. Construction and serviceGoldfinch was laid down at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's Govan, Glasgow shipyard on 23 February 1910 and was launched on 12 July 1910 and was completed in February 1911.[1]On commissioning, Goldfinch joined the Second Destroyer Flotilla. On the night of 11 March 1911, a fire broke out in the radio room of Goldfinch, destroying the radio equipment.[2] References1. ^{{Harvnb|Friedman|2009|p=306}}
2. ^{{cite magazine| title=Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Devonport Dockyard |journal=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |volume=33|date=April 1911|p=335}}
- {{Colledge}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War|year=2009|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-049-9}}
- {{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Acorn Class | work = History of the World's Navies | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/acorn_class.htm | doi = | accessdate = 2008-01-28 }}
External links- Photo of HMS Goldfinch
- Bow/forefoot of HMS Goldfinch on Start Point
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