"Discovery: 18th-Century British Warship Identified off Florida Coast 300 Years After Sinking"

Researchers have definitively identified the HMS Tyger, a British warship that sank off the coast of Florida in 1742. The ship struck a coral reef and, despite attempts to save it, eventually sank, leaving around 280 crew members to abandon ship. National Park Service archaeologists matched preserved logbook entries to five cannons found near the wreckage, confirming the ship's identity. Survivors were marooned for 66 days on Garden Key, where they built fortifications and ultimately made a 55-day trek to British-controlled Port Royal, Jamaica using salvaged materials from the ship.