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 +===== HMS Tiger =====
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 +== A British Warship Split in Half and Sank in 1908. Divers Just Found the Wreck ==
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 +Miraculously, much of the ship remained intact, allowing experts to track down unknown details of the ship's final moments.
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 +Gayoung Lee - August 25, 2026, 10:55 am ET
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 +In 1900, the British Royal Navy purchased the HMS Tiger, a torpedo boat destroyer. But the ship never saw a single battle; eight years later, it sank after an unfortunate collision with an armed cruiser literally split the vessel in half. And the ship remained underwater, lost—until now.
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 +In a statement, the Royal Navy reported that, 118 years since the accident, historian-divers with ProjectXplore discovered the remains of HMS Tiger. The project, an international initiative to locate, recover, and study known shipwrecks, found Tiger roughly 203 feet (62 meters) underwater off the Isle of Wight in the southernmost coasts of the U.K. According to the project’s report on the discovery, much of both sections of the lost ship remain intact. The investigation also revealed new details about the ship’s final moments, such as its bearings moments before the tragic collision.
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 +“Prior to this expedition, Tiger remained the last missing 30-knot torpedo boat destroyer sunk in the English Channel,” according to ProjectXplore’s report. “Throughout [its] eight years of service, Tiger endured repeated collisions and mechanical failures, yet each time [it] returned to service… a tiger that refused to be tamed.”
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 +https://gizmodo.com/a-british-warship-split-in-half-and-sank-in-1908-divers-just-found-the-wreck-2000802810
  
  
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