HMS Goldfinch was a Redbreast-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 18 May 1889. She commenced service on the Australia...
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shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European goldfinch. HMS Goldfinch (1808) was a 6-gun brig launched in 1808...
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Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555. Media related to HMS Colossus (ship, 1803) at Wikimedia...
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Navy HMS Buzzard (1887) HMS Goldfinch (1889) HMS Brilliant (1891) HMS Torch (1894) HMS Pelorus (1896) HMS Shearwater (1900) HMS Fantome (1901) HMS Clio...
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class Magpie (1889) Redbreast (1889) Redpole (1889) Ringdove (1889) Lapwing (1889) Goldfinch (1889) Thrush (1889) Widgeon (1889) Sparrow (1889) The only ironclads...
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Zealand HMS Renown Battleships: HMS Commonwealth HMS Valiant HMS Howe Cruisers: HMS Liverpool Norfolk Destroyers: HMS Cameleon HMS Comet HMS Goldfinch HMS Maori...
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first-class screw-driven composite gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1889, mounting six guns. The Redbreast class were designed by Sir William Henry...
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Albacore-class gunboat (1855) (redirect from HMS Albacore (1856))
Albacore-class carried a crew of 36-40 men. One of the vessels of the class, HMS Surly, cost £9,867, of which the hull accounted for £5,656 and machinery...
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called out to Captain-Lieutenant John Goldfinch, accusing him of refusing to pay a bill due to Garrick's master. Goldfinch had settled the account the previous...
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eight assisted with exploration and surveys. The best known of the class was HMS Beagle, then considerably modified for Beagle's second survey voyage under...
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maritime incidents in February 1915 Shipwrecks 6 Feb HMS Erne, Potaro 15 Feb: V25 19 Feb: HMS Goldfinch, SMS S14 24 Feb: Dague Other incidents 15 Feb: Rurik...
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tug that sank in foggy conditions in the River Clyde at Clydebank. HMS Goldfinch Royal Navy 19 February 1915 An Acorn-class destroyer wrecked at Start...
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Dan Brown's Inferno; Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians; Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch. Death of Seamus Heaney, Chinua Achebe, Iain Banks, Tom Clancy, Bryan...
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HMS Goldfinch (1910) is wrecked on Start Point, Sanday, Orkney. 10 March – World War I: German submarine U-12 is hunted down by Royal Navy destroyers HMS Ariel...
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depot ship. Mildura 18 March 1890 1905 Part of the auxiliary squadron. Goldfinch March 1890 August 1899 Cordelia (1881) 1890 1891 During practice firing...
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launched 3 years later. This is supported by a 1909 dated sailplan in Goldfinch's of Whitstable sailbook. In contrast, we have some details of the Jewish...
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the Dominion of Canada, discoverer of insulin. Philip Henry Macarthur Goldfinch, lately Chairman of the British Settlers' Welfare Committee, State of...
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