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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based on the novel Distelfink, a goldfinch motif in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art USS Goldfinch, US Navy ships HMS Goldfinch, four ships of the Royal Navy...
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HMS Goldfinch was an Acorn-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. Completed in 1911, the ship spent her career in home waters and participated in the...
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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. She commenced service on the Australia...
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Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in 1945 as a shore establishment known as HMS Goldfinch, until it was returned to RAF ownership in 1953. It was closed as an...
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a bank of 36 solar panels. Despite the presence of the lighthouse, HMS Goldfinch was wrecked in fog on Start Point in 1915. Sanday boasts two golf courses:...
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captain in 1898. During his career in the Royal Navy, he commanded HM Ships Goldfinch (1890–1891), Blenheim (1895), Archer (1895–1898), Gibraltar (1900), Mildura...
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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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List of air stations of the Royal Navy (redirect from RNAS Dundee (HMS Condor II))
and Royal Air Force (RAF) stations with a Royal Navy presence. HMS Gannet HMS Seahawk HMS Heron Predannack Airfield RNAS Merryfield RAF Marham - 809 Naval...
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of second master, and in the same year he was made acting master on HMS Goldfinch, a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop. Between the years 1814 and 1816...
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carronades. Briton had to share the proceeds of the capture with the brig HMS Goldfinch, and the privateer Dart. (There were at least three privateers named...
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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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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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HMS Erne was a Palmer Type River Class Destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Erne in Ireland...
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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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disbanded in December 1961. It first formed as a Fleet Requirements Unit at HMS Goldfinch, RNAS Takali in January 1945, with Miles Martinet and Supermarine Seafire...
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Malta and settled at RNAS Hal Far (HMS Falcon), from 5 May 1946, after brief stints at RN Air Section Takali (HMS Goldfinch) and RAF Luqa and just after taking...
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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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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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of 19, Douglas joined the Royal Navy, serving as captain's steward aboard HMS Wolverine. He resigned from military service after 8 months, in September...
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HMS Tonnant (lit. 'Thundering') was an 80-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She had previously been Tonnant of the French Navy and the lead ship...
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posted to the survey vessel HMS Research, and on 14 July 1900 he was promoted to commander. His first command was HMS Goldfinch, a converted gunboat which...
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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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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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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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HMS Colossus was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Deptford Dockyard on 23 April 1803. She was designed by Sir John...
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5 -19 July 1946) Royal Naval Air Station Takali (HMS Goldfinch) (19 July 46 - 12 September 1946) HMS Ocean (Detachment three aircraft 25 July - 12 December...
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reports". The Times. No. 40769. London. 4 February 1915. col A, p. 14. "HMS Clan McNaughton". The Wartime Memories Project. Archived from the original...
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HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent-class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built...
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Mrs Noyes, Mr and Mrs Walker, the captain and officers of H.M.S. Katoomba, H.M.S. Goldfinch and Pylades.." Their stay in Cranbrook was short, as by 10...
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