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==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, ''Goldfinch'' was in the {{UK-DF|2}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 320.</ref>
 
On 10 June, 1913, {{UK-Nymphe}} collided with ''Goldfinch'' and {{UK-Sheldrake}}.  {{UK-Nymphe}}'s captain [[William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville |Leveson-Gower]] was told he should keep an anchor watch set when the weather was turning sour. <ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>
 
In mid-1913, ''Goldfinch'' was in the {{UK-DF|2}}.{{NLJul13|p. 320}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Reginald Guy Stone|Reginald G. Stone]], 12 February, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 324.</ref>
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 19:35, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. Goldfinch (1910)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 320.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 324.
  9. ↑ Stone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/141. f. 145.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
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