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Jeffrey Teodoro

HMS Tiger Shipwreck off the Isle of Wight Was Cut in Two by HMS Berwick During 1908 Exercise

The HMS Tiger shipwreck off the Isle of Wight, with an archival image of the Royal Navy destroyer shown above (Credit: archaeologynews/Instagram)

The HMS Tiger shipwreck mystery has been solved after divers located the remains of the Royal Navy destroyer, which sank following a collision with the cruiser HMS Berwick during a night exercise in 1908.

The wreck was discovered by ProjectXplore, a group of shipwreck historians and divers who spent five years examining archival material to establish where HMS Tiger went down. The Royal Navy said the team identified the vessel after years of research into the circumstances surrounding its disappearance.

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