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HMS Goldfinch
HMS Goldfinch in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
About
HMS Goldfinch is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
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 First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. She was wrecked in fog on Start Point, Sanday, one of the northern Orkney Isles, on the night of 18–19 February 1915. Her wreck was broken up for scrap in April 1919.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 59.2829, -2.3850
Sources
- wikidata: Q5632593 (CC0)
- wikipedia: HMS Goldfinch (1910) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Goldfinch?
- HMS Goldfinch is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.2829°, -2.3850°.