Tech divers find WW1’s last missing RN cruiserThe last undiscovered Royal Navy cruiser of World War One has been found “remarkably intact” in the North Sea and dived by the ProjectXplore international team. The technical divers, from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain, were able to positively identify HMS Nottingham almost 100km off England’s north-east coast at a depth of 82m. Part of the ship’s name at the stern (Steffen Scholz)The cruiser wreck is turned 45° to port with its bow facing north, rising in places 8-10m off the seabed. Scan of HMS Nottingham (ProjectXplore)Scan of HMS Nottingham (ProjectXplore)The ship’s dimensions could be seen to match Nottingham’s 139m length and 15m beam. “HMS Nottingham is without question the best-preserved ‘Town’-class cruiser in the world,” states the divers’ report.