Researchers conclusively ID British warship that sank off Florida coast in 1742
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.
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.
The site, discovered at an undisclosed location near Garden Key in 1993, was long assumed to be the resting place of the warship, and now federal archeologists have made a "sound argument" for the conclusion after combing the ship's preserved logs anew, the National Park Service said Thursday.
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 Jenkins’ Ear, named for an incident in which Spanish sailors sliced off the left ear of brig Capt. Robert Jenkins in 1731.
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