Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 940007
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/940007
UKHO Identifier : 062013
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.86783,-3.45683
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.86783,-3.45683
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 58.88333,-3.46667
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 82
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS PHEASANT
Type : DESTROYER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 84.0
Beam : 8.2
Orientation : 90.0
Tonnage : 1025
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 01/03/1917
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1917
Last Detection Year : 1996
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **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.
Surveying Details : **SUNK OFF THE ORKNEYS. (COLLEDGE).
**12.2.03 SUNK IN PA 5853.0N, 0328.0E. (NHB).
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**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.
General Comments : ON ITS SIDE WITH DECK SEPARATED, FWD AREA BROKEN UP
Chart Symbol : NDW
Date Last Amended : 05/02/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 05/02/2009
