HMS Negro (1916)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Negro.

History
United Kingdom
BuilderPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Launched8 March 1916
FateSank following collision 21 December 1916
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 994 long tons (1,010 t) standard
  • 1,042 long tons (1,059 t) full load
Length269 ft (82 m)
Beam27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught
  • 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) mean
  • 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) maximum
Propulsion3 shafts, steam turbines, 25,000 shp (18,642 kW)
Speed34 knots (39.1 mph; 63.0 km/h)
Range237–298 tons fuel oil
Complement80
Armament

HMS Negro[a] was an Admiralty M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Palmers at Jarrow, Tyneside and launched 8 March 1916, but was sunk after colliding with HMS Hoste in the North Sea on 21 December 1916; depth charges from Hoste exploded and blew out Negro's hull plating. The ship was the second Royal Navy warship to bear the name Negro with the first being the 1813 Negro, ex-Niger.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference conways p76 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Manning 1961, pp. 17–18, 68
  3. ^ Dorling 1932, p. 415
  4. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 240


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