HMS Pheasant (1916)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Pheasant
Ordered	May 1915
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow
Launched	23 October 1916
Commissioned	December 1916
Fate	Sunk by naval mine, 1 March 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	972 long tons (988 t) (normal)
Length	273 ft 4 in (83.3 m) (o/a)
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers; 25,000 shp (18,642 kW);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 1 steam turbine set
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	76
Armament	3 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 1 × single 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) guns; 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Pheasant was one of 85 Admiralty M-class destroyers built during the First World War for the Royal Navy. She hit and was sunk by a mine in 1917.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Pheasant
Ordered	May 1915
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow
Launched	23 October 1916
Commissioned	December 1916
Fate	Sunk by naval mine, 1 March 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	972 long tons (988 t) (normal)
Length	273 ft 4 in (83.3 m) (o/a)
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers 25,000 shp (18,642 kW)
Propulsion	3 shafts; 1 steam turbine set
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	76
Armament	3 × 4 in (102 mm) guns 1 × single 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) guns 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes