HMS Goldfinch (1889)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Goldfinch.
 Officers aboard Goldfinch at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, early 1900s | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Goldfinch |
| Builder: | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Cost: | £39,300[1] |
| Launched: | 18 May 1889 |
| Fate: | Sold 14 May 1907 for breaking |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Redbreast-class first-class gunvessel |
| Displacement: | 805 tons |
| Length: | 165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp |
| Beam: | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max |
| Installed power: | 1,200 ihp (890 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Sail plan: | Barquentine-rigged |
| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1] |
| Complement: | 76 |
| Armament: |
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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 January 1902,[2] and Commander F. C. Learmonth was appointed in command and commissioned her 4 February 1902.[3][4] She left Sheerness for the Mediterranean later that month on surveying duties.[5]
Fate
She was sold on 14 May 1907 for breaking up.[2]
Citations
- 1 2 3 Winfield (2004), pp.299-300
- 1 2 3 4 Bastock, p.114.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 28 January 1902. (36676), p. 3.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 February 1902. (36683), p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 21 February 1902. (36697), p. 9.
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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