Vessel Off Florida Keys Identified as British Warship That Sank in the 18th Century

A park service diver documents one of five coral encrusted cannons found during recent archeological survey in Dry Tortugas National Park, Fla. Brett Seymour/National Park Service via AP

KEY WEST, Fla.—A wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has recently been identified as a British warship that sank in the 18th century.

National Park Service archaeologists used new research to determine that the wreckage first spotted in 1993 near Dry Tortugas National Park is the HMS Tyger, the agency said in a news release late last week. The findings were recently published in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology.