HMS Tyger sank in 1742, and the surviving crew were marooned on an uninhabited island for more than two months.
A British warship has been identified off the Florida coast nearly three centuries after it sank while on patrol in the waters of what is now Dry Tortugas National Park, officials said. HMS Tyger went down with hundreds of sailors on board and the surviving crew were marooned on an uninhabited island for more than two months before making a dramatic escape on makeshift boats.
'About 300 crewmembers were on board HMS Tyger when it wrecked, and the survivors spent 66 days marooned on an island of what is now Garden Key, park officials said. 'The stranded survivors battled heat, mosquitoes and thirst while attempting to escape the deserted island,' the park service said.The crew burned the remains of the warship to make sure its guns did not fall into enemy hands.
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