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Hms Goldfinch: Start Point, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea

Destroyer (20th Century)-(1915)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hms Goldfinch: Start Point, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea as Destroyer (20th Century)-(1915). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
HMS Goldfinch was a British Royal Navy destroyer launched in 1915 that was lost in the North Sea off Sanday, Orkney, during World War I, likely due to enemy action or a mine. The wreck is of historical significance as it represents the contribution and losses of the Royal Navy during the war.

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