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 in (530 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.

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. OCLC 67375475.
"Acorn Class". History of the World's Navies. Retrieved 2008-01-28.

External links

Acorn-class (H-class) destroyer

Acorn Alarm Brisk Cameleon Comet Fury Goldfinch Hope Larne Lyra Martin Minstrel Nemesis Nereide Nymphe Redpole Rifleman Ruby Sheldrake Staunch

Preceded by: Beagle class Followed by: Acheron class List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1915

Shipwrecks	6 Feb HMS Erne 19 Feb: HMS Goldfinch 24 Feb: Dague

Other incidents	17 Feb: Magnetic

1914 1915 1916 January 1915 March 1915

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