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Goldfinch

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Goldfinch			Sheerness DYd	1888	18.5.1889	1889	survey vessel 2.1902
Lapwing			Devonport DYd	5/1888	12.4.1889	1889	sold 11.1910
Magpie		217	Pembroke DYd	1888	15.3.1889	1889	boom defence vessel 1902, gunboat 1915, depot ship 10.1915
Redbreast		218	Pembroke DYd	1888	25.4.1889	1889	sold 1910
Redpoll		219	Pembroke DYd	1888	13.6.1889	1890	sold 5.1906
Ringdove			Devonport DYd	6/1888	30.4.1889	1889	salvage vessel Melita 12.1915
Sparrow, 7.1906- Amokura (7/1906- RNZN)		261	Scotts, Greenock	1888	26.9.1889	5/1890	TS 7.1906, coal hulk 2.1922
Thrush		262	Scotts, Greenock	1888	22.6.1889	1890	Coastguard vessel 1906
Widgeon		220	Pembroke DYd	1888	9.8.1889	1890	sold 5.1906

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	805
Displacement full, t
Length, m	50.3 pp
Breadth, m	9.45
Draught, m	3.35 normal 4.19 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	1200
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 105
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(10)
Armament	Magpie, Redbreast, Redpole, Ringdove: 6 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk II/III/IV/V/VI, 4 x 1 - 11.9/94 Golgfinch, Thrush, Sparrow, Widgeon: 6 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk II/III/IV/V/VI, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 11.9/94 Lapwing: 6 x 1 - 102/28 QFC Mk I/IIIA - I/IV - I/V - I/VI, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 11.9/94
Complement	76

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Project history

Hulls were composite, having iron framing and wooden plating. Barquentine rigged. First three were built under 1887-88 Programme, last six under 1888-89 Programme.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.