HMS Goldfinch
HMS Goldfinch . 18/02/1915
Acorn class destroyer (H class)
Displacement: grt.
Length: m. Beam: m. Draught: m.
Propulsion: 2 Parson turbine engines, 4 x Yarrow boilers, 3 shafts, 3 screws
Complement: 72 officers and men.
Armament: 2 x 4"/101.6 mm gun, 2 x 12 pdr. guns, 2 x 21"/530 mm T.T.
HMS Goldfinch was built at Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan and launched in 1910.
On the night of 18th to 19th February 1915 HMS Goldfinch, in thick fog, ran aground at Start Point on the island of Sanday, Orkney. There was no loss of life. The Destroyer could not be saved so was sold for scrap and broken up in 1919.
Acorn class destroyer (H class)
Displacement: grt.
Length: m. Beam: m. Draught: m.
Propulsion: 2 Parson turbine engines, 4 x Yarrow boilers, 3 shafts, 3 screws
Complement: 72 officers and men.
Armament: 2 x 4"/101.6 mm gun, 2 x 12 pdr. guns, 2 x 21"/530 mm T.T.
HMS Goldfinch was built at Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan and launched in 1910.
On the night of 18th to 19th February 1915 HMS Goldfinch, in thick fog, ran aground at Start Point on the island of Sanday, Orkney. There was no loss of life. The Destroyer could not be saved so was sold for scrap and broken up in 1919.
HMS Goldfinch bow, Start Point.
The Scotsman - Wednesday 09 April 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 10 April 1919
Start Point. Photo: B Taylor
Start Point courtesy Graham Campbell
