Ref Number: 00126
Ref Number: 00126
In 1979, while performing a magnetometer survey off the south coast of the Isle of Wight, famous Isle of Wight diver Martin Woodward discovered HMS Acheron, Royal Navy destroyer of the A-class.
She was lost early in the war when, on December 17 1940, she sunk after striking a mine off the Isle of Wight. She had operated in Home waters and off the Norwegian coast during World War II.
