HMS Pheasant

Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Pheasant:

• HMS Pheasant (1761), a 14-gun sloop. Originally French (Faisan), captured April 1761 by HMS Albany. Foundered in the English Channel in October 1761.
• HMS Pheasant (1778), a 12-gun cutter armed with 12 x 4-pounder guns. Bought in 1778. Capsized in the English Channel on 20 June 1781.
• HMS Pheasant (1798), an 18-gun sloop by Edwards of Shoreham, launched 17 April 1798. Sold on 11 July 1827.
• HMS Pheasant (1856), an Albacore-class 4-gun, wooden screw gunboat by W & H Pitcher of Northfleet launched on 1 May 1856. She took part in the Royal Fleet Review of 23 April 1856 and was broken up in August 1877 at Northfleet.
• HMS Pheasant (1888), a 6-gun, composite screw gunboat built at Devonport Dockyard, launched on 10 April 1888. Armed with 6 × 4 in guns. Sold on 15 May 1906.
• HMS Pheasant (1916), an Admiralty M-class destroyer built by Fairfield, launched 23 October 1916. Sunk by a mine off Orkney on 1 March 1917.
• HMS Pheasant (U49), a Black Swan-class sloop launched in December 1942.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.