HMS Goldfinch (1910)
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Goldfinch |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow |
| Launched: | 1910-07-12 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 1915-02-19, broken up for scrap April 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Acorn class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 772 tons |
| Length: | 246 feet (75.0 m) |
| Beam: | 25.2 feet (7.7 m) |
| Draught: | 8.5 feet (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Yarrow boilers, Parsons turbines, 13,500 shp |
| Speed: | 27 knots |
| Complement: | 72 |
| Armament: | 2 × BL 4 in L/40 Mark VIII, mounting P Mark V 2 × QF 12 pdr 12 cwt Mark I mounting P Mark I 2 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Goldfinch.
HMS Goldfinch was an Acorn class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built in 1910. She was wrecked in fog on Start Point, Sanday Island, Orkneys on the night of 18-19 February 1915. She was broken up for scrap in April 1919.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Acorn Class. History of the World's Navies. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
