Royal Navy warship shipwrecked over 100 years ago found in the Channel as new legislation issued to protest historic discoveries

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Royal Navy warship shipwrecked over 100 years ago found in the Channel as new legislation issued to protest historic discoveries.

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A Royal Navy warship that was shipwrecked in the English Channel over 100 years has been found in a stunning discovery.Divers from ProjectXplore located the wreck of HMS Tiger, a Royal Navy warship that vanished beneath the waves off the Isle of Wight 118 years ago.The vessel met her fate in 1908 when she was lost during a training exercise and her remains have eluded searchers ever since.The announcement coincides with proposed legislative changes currently before Parliament through the Armed Forces Bill, which would grant the wreck immediate legal safeguards.Under the new measures, HMS Tiger would receive an automatic "protected place" designation, shielding the site — and the graves of those who perished aboard — from interference from the moment of its discovery.HMS Tiger's demise came about when she inexplicably veered into the path of a fellow warship during the exercise, a collision that sliced the vessel cleanly in half.The disaster claimed the majority of those on board —...

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