Four ships of the Royal Navy and one shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European Goldfinch:
Ships[]
- HMS Goldfinch was a 6-gun brig launched in 1808 and disposed of in 1838.
- 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, Orkney on 1915-02-18, and subsequently broken for scrap in April 1919.
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.
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.
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