H.M.S. Negro (1916)

H.M.S. Negro (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.13 (1914)
Builder:	Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Ordered:	Nov 1914 (1st Order)
Launched:	8 Mar, 1916
Completed:	May, 1916
Collision:	21 Dec, 1916
Fate:	w/ Hoste

H.M.S. Negro was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

On 19 August, 1916, Negro, Pasley and Pelican assisted the torpedoed sloop Falmouth by taking her under tow.

Negro collided with Hoste on 21 December, 1916. Both ships were lost. While Hoste suffered just four fatalities, Negro had fifty-one men killed.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Hubert W. D. Griffith, 10 May, 1915 – May, 1916
• Lieutenant-Commander Alexander H. Gye, May, 1916 – 21 December, 1916  (killed when ship lost under his command)

See Also

• Wikipedia