This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms pheasant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.07 N,3 27.41 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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.

 

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6. Budrie
7. Challenger
8. Dalewood (possibly)
9. Daystar (probably)
10. De haai
11. Dyle
12. Ebanezer
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14. Ephram
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16. Freesia
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18. G103
19. G104
20. Gobernador bories
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22. Hindenburg
23. Hmd imbat
24. Hms dewey eve
25. Hms hampshire
26. Hms pheasant
27. Hms roedean
28. Hms rose valley
29. Hmt beech
30. Inconnu
31. Inverlane (bow section)
32. Kaiser
33. Kaiserin
34. Karlsruhe
35. Kasparoff
36. Konig
37. Kronprinz wilhelm
38. Lizzie bain (possibly)
39. Mara
40. Markgraf
41. Norholmen
42. Osprey
43. Pinnace 744
44. Prinzregent luitpold
45. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
46. Ross puma
47. Rotherfield
48. S 36 (bow section)
49. Seydlitz
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51. Solan
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53. Sunlight
54. Tabarka (possibly)
55. V 78 (part of)
56. V83
57. Yc 21

 

Name: HMS PHEASANT

Length 84 meter, width: 8.2 meter, tonnage 1025 ton

Cause: 23.10.16 built by fairfield. launched 23.10.16, completed 11.1916. one of 107 m-class destroyers authorised between 1913 and 1915. s turbines of 25000hp for 34kts, triple shaft. three funnels. three 4 inch and one 2 pdr guns. four 21 inch torpedo tubes. sunk off the orkneys, apparently by a floating mine.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 82 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK OFF THE ORKNEYS. (COLLEDGE). 12.2.03 SUNK IN PA 5853.0N, 0328.0E. (NHB). SEP 2009/000009618 5.2.09 DIVED 5.96 IN 5852.07N, 0327.41W [?WGD]. HULL LIES ON ITS SIDE, APPROX E/W IN 82MTRS, THE DECK HAVING BECOME SEPARATED. BADLY BROKEN UP AS FAR AFT AS THE ENGINE ROOM. ONE BOILER LOCATED INTACT, HAVING PROBABLY BEEN COLD (OUT OF USE) AT THE TIME OF THE SINKING. TWO BOILERS CONNECTED WOULD GIVE 24-25 KNOTS. A 4-INCH SHELL, PROBABLY FROM A READY-USE RACK WAS FOUND AND AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION BOX. MUCH THIN PLATING (PROBABLY FROM THE FUNNELS) WAS NOTED. (ARMY SAC, IN 'MARINERS' MIRROR, AUG 1997, VIA RCHMS). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 7.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE WITH DECK SEPARATED, FWD AREA BROKEN UP

Position: 58 52.07 N,3 27.41 W

 

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