HMS Tyger sank in 1742, and the surviving crew were marooned on an uninhabited island for more than two months. HMS Tyger sank in 1742, ... The ship sank on Jan. 13, 1742, ...

Archeologists from Dry Tortugas National Park found cannons about 500 yards from the ship's remains which helped them confirm it as the HMS Tyger.

The HMS Tyger was the first of three British war vessels to become engulfed in the Florida Keys. The other two, HMS Fowey and HMS Looe were both identified by archaeologists, yet the Tyger ...

Found off the coast of Florida, the HMS "Tyger" left some 300 crew members stranded on Garden Key in 1742. Skip to main content. ... When the ship hit the coral, it began taking on water.

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A wrecked vessel found off the Florida Keys in 1993, near Dry Tortugas National Park, has been identified as the HMS Tyger, a British frigate built in 1647.

The HMS Tyger was a Fourth-Rate, 50-gun frigate built in 1647. It sank in 1742 after running aground on the reefs of the Dry Tortugas while on patrol in the War of Jenkins Ear between Britain and ...

The 130-foot HMS Tyger, which had been around since about 1647, patrolled waters off Florida and chased Spanish ships into the Gulf of Mexico during an Anglo-Spanish conflict known as the War of ...

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is to set sail this weekend a week after its sister ship was forced to cancel its deployment because of an “issue” with its propeller shaft ...

National Park Service archaeologists at Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys have identified wreckage found 31 years ago as an 18th-century British warship, the agency announced Thursday.

U.S. researchers have concluded that the 17th-century remains of sunken British warship HMS Tyger rest below the surface in Dry Tortugas National Park.