This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms goldfinch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 16.973 N,2 23.102 W (59.308216666667, -2.5270666666667)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: HMS GOLDFINCH

Length 75.3 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 747 ton

Cause: an h class destroyer. built in 1910 by fairfield co, glasgow. steam turbines of 13500 shp, twin shaft. 2 x 4 inch, 2 x 12 pdr and 1 x 3 pdr guns. 2 torpedo tubes. passage from scapa flow. ran ashore in dense fog. sold to salvors 4.1919. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1915, last detected: 1986

Details measurements/cartography: 24.4.52 DOCKET BD 71/52 24.4.52 VESSEL HOLED & STRANDED ASHORE AT START POINT, SANDAY, ORKNEY IS. (SIGNAL DTD 19.2.15). N/CP 56200/76 9.11.76 WK WAS SOLD IN 1919. (MIN OF DEFENCE - NAVY CONTRACTS). H1310/86/20 7.8.86 REMAINS REPORTED TO LIE JUST TO THE NW OF START POINT. (B WINFIELD, 26.7.86). POSN 591700N, 022300W. NCA. HH091/137/01 6.11.09 NOT SIGHTED. UNABLE TO SURVEY IN SHALLOW WATER. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 16.973 N,2 23.102 W

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