HMS Pheasant (1917): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HMS Pheasant 1917

Marker: recorded wreck position (First World War).

Key facts

Name	HMS Pheasant	Wikidata label
Year lost	1917	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	First World War	derived from year
Ship type	destroyer	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Royal Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	North Atlantic Ocean	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Scotland	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 6 km from land
Position	58.8678, -3.4568	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

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.

Location

Recorded position: 58.8678, -3.4568 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: North Atlantic Ocean
Nearest coast: Scotland

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OpenStreetMap

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Pheasant (1916) (revision 1375203027), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.