Seven ships of the British

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

have been named HMS ''Pheasant'': * , a 14-gun sloop. Originally French (Faisan), captured April 1761 by HMS ''Albany''. Foundered in the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

in October 1761. * , a 12-gun cutter armed with 12 x 4-pounder guns. Bought in 1778. Capsized in the

on 20 June 1781. * , an 18-gun sloop by Edwards of Shoreham, launched 17 April 1798. Sold on 11 July 1827. * , an 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. * , 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. * , an built by Fairfield, launched 23 October 1916. Sunk by a mine off Orkney on 1 March 1917. * , a sloop launched in December 1942.

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