HMS Goldfinch
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Three ships of the Royal Navy and one shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European Goldfinch:
[edit] Ships
- HMS Goldfinch was an Albacore class wooden screw gunboat launched on 1856-02-02 and broken up 1869.
- HMS Goldfinch was a Redbreast class composite gunboat launched in 1889 and sold in 1907.
- HMS Goldfinch was an Acorn class destroyer launched in 1910. She was wrecked on Start Point, Sanday Island, Orkneys on 1915-02-18, and subsequently broken for scrap in April 1919.
[edit] Shore establishment
HMS Goldfinch was the name given to Ta' Qali airfield in Malta when it was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm on 1945-04-01 for use as a Fleet Requirements Unit.
[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.
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