A Royal Navy destroyer sliced in half in a catastrophic collision has been found at the bottom of the Channel – 118 years after the disaster.
The 400-tonne warship HMS Tiger was on a night exercise in April 1908, when she took a wrong turn into the path of giant British 10,000-ton cruiser HMS Berwick.
She was cleaved in two and sank without trace – along with 35 crew – 20 miles south of The Isle of Wight, where she remained for more than a century.
The tragic accident was first revealed at the time by the Daily Mail, and sparked debate in
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