HMS Goldfinch (1910)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Goldfinch.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Goldfinch
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow
Launched	12 July 1910
Fate	Wrecked, 19 February 1915 broken up for scrap, April 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	Acorn-class destroyer
Displacement	772 long tons (784 t)
Length	246 ft (75 m)
Beam	25.2 ft (7.7 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons Steam turbines 4 × Yarrow boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × BL 4 in (100 mm)/40 cal Mark VIII guns, 2 × QF 12 pdr (5.4 kg) 12 cwt Mark I guns, 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

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 service

Goldfinch 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.

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.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
• "Acorn Class". History of the World's Navies. Retrieved 28 January 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• Photo of HMS Goldfinch
• Bow/forefoot of HMS Goldfinch on Start Point