This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms negro, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 34.7 N,1 19.578 W (59.815633333333, -1.1397)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: HMS Negro

Length 82 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 994 ton

Cause:

Year of registration: 1994

Water depth above wreck: 99 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1994, last detected: 2023

Details measurements/cartography: HH270/440/05 13.4.94 EXAM'D 7.4.94 IN 593442.0N, 0011934.7W [WGD]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 94 IN GEN DEPTH 99MTRS. ESTIMATED LEAST DEPTH FROM DCS3 HT 86.5MTRS. IN TWO PARTS. N PART LENGTH 34MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. S PART LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 612, HN). INS AS WK 86MTRS.

- NM 1434/94. HH090/612/01 2.9.94 ABOVE DETAILS CONFIRMED. (NP 1008, HI 612). NCA. 19.9.2023 WRECK POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS "HMS NEGRO". Divers dived wreck 552 and found the wreck of a destroyer in 105m of water. Some amazing photos were taken of the ships bell, clearly showing HMS NEGRO 1915 and the brass footplate marked ''NEGRO''.As seen in the side scan image the destroyer had broken in two, with the parts separated by 10m. The wreck is upright, Swimming aft from the bow 3 Yarrow boilers, one is missing, then the break and 10m away is the stern of the vessel. . (KEVIN HEATH E-MAIL DTD 24/8/2023. DIVING EXPEDITION "LOST IN WATERS DEEP 2023"). UPDATE ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, LENGTH IS TOTAL

Position: 59 34.7 N,1 19.578 W

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