A Royal Navy Warship Lost for a Century Finally Found

A Royal Navy warship lost for more than a century has finally been located and identified on the seabed. This video documents the dive that solved the mystery and shows how underwater evidence and historical research came together to confirm the wreck. The warship lay deep offshore, beyond normal diving limits, with very limited time available to work on the bottom. Identifying it was not about dramatic features, but about carefully recording construction details and comparing them against historical records. This expedition required disciplined technical diving, closed circuit rebreathers, and precise planning. Every decision mattered, because depth, time, and task loading left no margin for error. This is a real world example of how discoveries are still being made underwater today, and how lost Royal Navy ships can finally be given back their names. Useful LInks Lost in waters deep website - https://lostinwatersdeep.co.uk/hms-ne... Rick Ayrton on facebook -   / rick.ayrton.1   MV Clasina - https://www.clasina.co.uk/ Support what I Do If you'd like to support what I do then please consider joining my channel - http://bit.ly/4kMVqCB You also may wish to consider buying me a coffee 👉 https://buymeacoffee.com/d33puk ☕☕☕ Highlights 00:00 HMS Negro introduction 01:54 Stunning images of the wreck! 02:33 Deck plans of HMS Negro 03:22 Tying in at the bottom of the shot 05:31 Jarrow boilers 06:38 The ship's bridge 07:00 Boom - the bell! 10:40 Bell on top of the wreck 13:05 Looking for the gun 15:45 Starboard side and divers 16:21 Looking for the stern 18:00 Emergency steering station 20:30 Brass everywhere & HMS Negro footplate 23:15 Returning to the shot 25:00 Decompression station 25:40 Getting on MV Clasina ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THIS CHANNEL: DeepWreck Diver explores shipwrecks, submarines, and sunken relics from around the world - combining technical diving with detailed wreck identification and storytelling. Subscribe for wreck diving guides, historical deep dives, and underwater exploration. Kit I Use Note, some of these are affiliate links so help support making my videos: 👉 Gloves are Ansell Alphatec 87-063 - https://amzn.to/4jDHhX4 👉 Drysuit is an O-Three Ri2-100 - https://www.othree.co.uk/drysuit-rang... 👉 CCR is an AP Diving Inspiration (XPD) - https://www.apdiving.com/ 👉 Backup computer is a Shearwater Perdix v2 - https://amzn.to/42FXZOW 👉 Reels are by Kent Tooling - https://www.divingproducts.co.uk/ 👉 Phone housing is Divevolk Seatouch 4 Max - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_omJ... 👉 Stickers for gear by Dive Signs - https://www.divesigns.com/ Video Gear I use the following gear (also affiliate links) 👉 Action Camera is Insta360 Acep Pro 2 - http://bit.ly/4nkMEwA 👉 Helmet mounted cameras are Paralenz Vaquita 👉 Video light is LetonPower Sealion L24 (10% off!) - http://bit.ly/4nFLCva Strobes I use two different strobes (also affiliate links) 👉 Prozhaozhu 3000 Lumen Diving Strobe - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oBM... 👉 Prozhaozhu 4000 Lumen Diving Strobe - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oCT... 👉 Jon clip - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oDq... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱Follow My Socials! Instagram 👉   / deepwreckdiver   Facebook 👉 https://www.fb.com/DeepWreckDiver Buy Me A Coffee 👉 https://buymeacoffee.com/d33puk Email 👉 dom@deepwreckdiver.com