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HMS Goldfinch

1910 Acorn-class destroyer
Vehicle destroyer Q5632593
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Summary

HMS Goldfinch is a destroyer[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of destroyer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Orkney Islands[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: shipwreck[5]
  • Operator: Royal Navy[6]
  • Manufacturer: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[7]
  • Vessel class: Acorn-class destroyer[8]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[9]
  • Participated in conflict: World War I[10]
  • Coordinate location: 59.28288008256886, -2.385037491314862[11]
  • Service entry: 1910[12]
  • Significant event: ship commissioning[13], ship launching[14], keel laying[15], shipwrecking[16]
  • Different from: HMS Goldfinch[17]
  • Name: HMS Goldfinch[18]
  • Historic county: Orkney Islands[19]

Why It Matters

HMS Goldfinch is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historic county → Orkney Islands
    Dreadnought project page → H.M.S._Goldfinch_(1910)
    Instance of → destroyer, shipwreck
    Participated in conflict → World War I
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 8827, Add qualifier to Dreadnought Project page `H.M.S._Goldfinch_(1910)`"
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