Английская Википедия:HMS Pheasant (1916)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS 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.
Description
The Admiralty M class were improved and faster versions of the preceding Шаблон:Sclass.[1] They displaced Шаблон:Convert. The ships had an overall length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. Pheasant was powered by a single Brown-Curtis direct-drive steam turbine turning three propeller shafts, using steam provided by three Yarrow boilers. The turbines developed a total of Шаблон:Convert and gave a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert. The ships carried a maximum of Шаблон:Convert of fuel oil that gave them a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. The ships' complement was 76 officers and ratings.[2]
The ships were armed with three single [[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|QF Шаблон:Convert Mark IV guns]] and a [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder (Шаблон:Cvt)]] "pom-pom" anti-aircraft gun. They were also fitted with two above-water twin mounts for [[British 21-inch torpedo|Шаблон:Convert torpedoes]].[3]
Construction and career
Pheasant was ordered as part of the 5th War Emergency Programme in May 1915. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at its shipyard in Govan on the Clyde and launched on 23 October 1916. Completed in December she was assigned to the Grand Fleet,[4] joining the 15th Destroyer Flotilla.[5] On the morning of 1 March 1917 the destroyer, together with a number of armed trawlers, was taking part in a routine patrol of the Western entrance to Scapa Flow, the Grand Fleet's anchorage in the Orkneys. Pheasant was off Hoy when the trawlers observed a large explosion, due to Partridge striking a mine.[6] The destroyer sank with the loss of 89 lives.[7] The sinking has variously attributed to a drifting mine from a field laid by the German armed merchant cruiser Шаблон:SMS in 1915–1916,[6][8] a mine laid by the submarine Шаблон:Ship in January 1917,[6][9] or one laid by Шаблон:Ship.[8] the Only one body and a small amount of debris was recovered by the trawlers.[6] The wreck lies roughly E-W, in Шаблон:Convert of water at Шаблон:Coord and was found by divers from the Army Sub-Aqua Club on 13 May 1996.[8]
References
Bibliography
- ↑ Gardiner & Gray, p. 76
- ↑ Friedman, p. 296
- ↑ Gardiner & Gray, p. 79; March, p. 174
- ↑ Friedman, p. 309; March, pp. 179–180
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 Naval Staff Monograph No 34, pp. 262–263.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
