HMS Negro (1916)

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Launched	8 March 1916
Fate	Sank following collision 21 December 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	994 long tons (1,010 t) standard; 1,042 long tons (1,059 t) full load;
Length	269 ft (82 m)
Beam	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught	8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) mean; 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) maximum;
Propulsion	3 shafts, steam turbines, 25,000 shp (18,642 kW)
Speed	34 knots (39.1 mph; 63.0 km/h)
Range	237–298 tons fuel oil
Complement	80
Armament	3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX; 2 × single QF 2-pounder "pom-pom" Mk. II; 2 × twin 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes ;

HMS Negro 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.

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