A Royal Navy warship that vanished 118 years ago is in line to benefit from new Government protections. โ
HMS Tiger - whose discovery is announced today by dive group ProjectXplore - is potentially one of thousands of vulnerable military wreck sites.
Under changes proposed by the Armed Forces Bill, sites like these would be automatically safeguarded from the moment they are found. ๐
This would make it an offence to disturb military wreck sites without permission โ protecting the final resting places of thousands of sailors and marines.
The Bill also includes measures to improve military housing and strengthen the UKโs Strategic Reserve. ๐ก
๐ธ Image credits: Dan McMullen, Joe Colls Burnett, Guy Trees, Dr Steffen G Scholz.