HMS Goldfinch (1889)
HMS Goldfinch was a Redbreast-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 18 May 1889.[2]
 The gunboat HMS Goldfinch | |
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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 and type: | Redbreast-class gunboat |
| 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) |
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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 |
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Service
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 commissioned by Commander Frederick Charles Learmonth on 4 February 1902.[3][4] She left Sheerness for the Mediterranean later that month on surveying duties.[5] In October 1902 she left Malta for the West Coast of Africa.[6]
Fate
Goldfinch returned to Sheerness for refitting for continued service in 1906, but was found to be in poor condition and the sloop Mutine was refitted as a survey ship to replace her.[7] Goldfinch was sold on 14 May 1907 for breaking up.[2]
Citations
- Winfield (2004), pp.299-300
- Bastock, p.114.
- "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times (36676). London. 28 January 1902. p. 3.
- "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36683). London. 5 February 1902. p. 10.
- "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36697). London. 21 February 1902. p. 9.
- "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36906). London. 23 October 1902. p. 5.
- "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Sheerness Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 November 1909. p. 115.
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (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.