An 18th-century British warship was miraculously discovered by divers from the National Park Service in the Keys after it sunk during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1742.The HMS Tyger was a 50-gun frigate ship built in 1647 and its existence had not been confirmed after it ran aground near the reefs of what's now known as Dry Tortugas National Park over 280 years ago. The ship - measured 130 feet long and weighing 704 tons - was on patrol during what was known as the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and from 1739 to 1748.
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