H.M.S. Goldfinch (1910)
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Pendant Number: | H.44 (1914)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
Launched: | 12 Jul, 1910[3] |
Completed: | Feb, 1911[4] |
Wrecked: | 19 Feb, 1915[5] |
Fate: | Broken up Apr 1919 |
H.M.S. Goldfinch was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.
Service
On 10 June, 1913, Nymphe collided with Goldfinch and Sheldrake. Nymphe's captain Leveson-Gower was told he should keep an anchor watch set when the weather was turning sour. [6]
In mid-1913, Goldfinch was in the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald G. Stone, 12 February, 1911[8] – 19 February, 1915[9] (vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 320.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 324.
- ↑ Stone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/141. f. 145.
Bibliography
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