Maritime History

English ship Tyger

Tyger, often spelled Tiger, was a 38-gun fourth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Designed by Peter Pett, she was built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1647. The term 'frigate' during the period of this ship referred to a method of construction, rather than a role which did not develop until the following century. Tyger was the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name, and by successive rebuildings she served for almost a century until the vessel was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas in 1742. The ship's crew was stranded on Garden Key for 56 days, fighting off Spanish attempts to capture them, and then spent another 56 days sailing 700 miles (1,100 km) in small boats to Port Royal, Jamaica. The captain and three of his lieutenants were court-martialed over the wreck and subsequent events.

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