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HMS Goldfinch
Four ships of the Royal Navy and one shore establishment have borne the name '*HMS *Goldfinch''''', probably after the bird the European goldfinch.
Ships
- was a 6-gun brig launched in 1808 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was sold in 1838.
- was an wooden screw gunboat launched on 2 February 1856 and broken up 1869.
- was a composite gunboat launched in 1889 and sold in 1907.
- was an launched in 1910. She was wrecked on Start Point, Sanday Island, Orkney on 18 February 1915, 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 1 April 1945 for use as a Fleet Requirements Unit.
References
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