British Warship Found Off Florida 300 Years After Sinking

Archaeologists have identified the remains of a British warship that sank off the coast of Florida nearly three centuries ago. The HMS Tyger ran aground on the coral reefs of Dry Tortugas and left its crew stranded on Garden Key in 1742 during the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain. Its remains were initially discovered in 1993, but experts now say they have definitive evidence that it's the British 50-gun man-of-war ship.

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