HMS Pheasant (1916)

HMS Pheasant was a Royal Navy Admiralty M-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War. She hit and was sunk by a mine in 1917.

The vessel was built at Fairfield Shipyard on the Clyde and launched on the 23 October 1916.^[1]

Sinking

On the morning of the 1 March 1917 the destroyer was taken part in a standard patrol of the Orkney areas. She departed Scapa Flow to patrol west of the anchorage and contacted a mine. The destroyer sank with the loss of 88 lives.^[2] The wreck lies roughly E-W, in 82m depth of water at N58 52.07 W3 27.41 and was found by divers from the Army Sub-Aqua Club on 13 May 1996.^[3]

References

M-class destroyers
Royal Navy	Admiralty M class Murray Myngs Matchless Milne Morris Moorsom Negro Mandate Mons Michael Marmion Marne Mystic Martial Milbrook Prince Pylades Maenad Mameluke Mindful Nessus Magic Minion Opal Manners Marvel Mary Rose Ossory Mischief Menace Moresby Opportune Munster Noble Napier Onslaught Nonsuch Nestor Oracle Narwhal Nepean Nicator Nomad Onslow Nereus Narborough Pigeon Plover Partridge Medina Pelican Norman Orestes Petard Paladin Nizam Penn Pasley Medway Orford Plucky Observer Peyton Pellew Nonpareil Peregrine Offa Orpheus Octavia Parthian Northesk Oriole Portia Norseman Osiris Oberon Orcadia Oriana Ophelia Pheasant Obedient North Star Phoebe Obdurate Nugent Hawthorn M class Mentor Mansfield Thornycroft M class Meteor Mastiff Patriot Patrician Rapid Ready Yarrow M class Miranda Minos Manley Moon Morning Star Mounsey Musketeer Nerissa Relentless Rival Yarrow Later M class Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent Tyrant Ulleswater
Royal Canadian Navy	Thornycroft M class Patriot Patrician
Preceded by: Laforey class Followed by: R class
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy