HMS Goldfinch (1889)

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

Career
HMS Sparrow, sister-ship to HMS Goldfinch
Name:	HMS Goldfinch
Builder:	Sheerness Dockyard
Cost:	£39,300^[1]
Launched:	18 May 1889
Fate:	Sold 14 May 1907 for breaking
General characteristics
Class and type:	Redbreast-class gunboat
Displacement:	805 tons
Length:	165 ft (50 m)
Beam:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught:	11.6 ft (3.5 m) min, 13.9 ft (4.2 m) max
Installed power:	1,200 indicated horsepower
Propulsion:	Triple expansion steam engine Two boilers Single screw
Speed:	13 kn (24 km/h)
Range:	2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)^[1]
Complement:	76
Armament:	Six 4-inch/25-pounder QF guns Two 3-pounder QF guns Two machine guns^[1]

HMS Goldfinch was a Redbreast-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 18 May 1889.^[2]

She commenced service on the Australia Station in March 1890.^[2] She left the Australia Station in August 1899 and returned to England. She was converted into a survey vessel in 1902.^[2]

Fate

She was sold on 14 May 1907 for breaking up.^[2]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Winfield (2004) p.300
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bastock, p.114.

References

Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0867773480
Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

Redbreast-class gunboat

Magpie · Redbreast · Redpole · Ringdove · Lapwing · Goldfinch · Thrush · Widgeon · Sparrow

Preceded by: Pygmy-class gunboat · Followed by: Bramble-class gunboat of 1898 List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy