HMS Pheasant (U49)

HMS Pheasant was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy.

She was laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders, in Scotstoun, Glasgow on 13 July 1942, launched on 21 December 1942, and commissioned on 12 May 1943.

[citation needed] The Modified Black Swan-class sloops were specialised convoy-defence vessels, with an anti-aircraft and an anti-submarine capability.

There she served in a task force with the escort carriers Striker and Ruler from April to August 1945.

[1][2] After being placed on the disposal list Pheasant was sold for scrap, arriving at Troon for breaking on 15 January 1963.