HMS Goldfinch (1889)
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 The gunboat HMS Goldfinch, a painting by William Bloomfield Douglas | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Goldfinch |
| Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Cost | £39,300[1] |
| Launched | 18 May 1889 |
| Commissioned | 1890 |
| Fate | Sold 14 May 1907 for breaking |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type | Redbreast-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 805 tons |
| Length | 165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp |
| Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max |
| Installed power | 1,200 ihp (890 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barquentine-rigged |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1] |
| Complement | 76 |
| Armament |
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HMS Goldfinch was a Redbreast-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 18 May 1889.[2]
She commenced service on the Australia Station in March 1890.[2] She left the Australia Station in August 1899 and returned to England. She was converted into a survey vessel in January 1902,[2] and commissioned by Commander Frederick Charles Learmonth on 4 February 1902.[3][4] She left Sheerness for the Mediterranean later that month on surveying duties.[5] In October 1902 she left Malta for the West Coast of Africa,[6] visiting Sierra Leone and Calabar in December.[7]
