Tyger (heraldry) to have its home in Hyrcania in Persia and its swiftness is supposed to have given its name to "tygris", the Persian word for "arrow", and to the swift River Tigris. If pursued by a tyger, it was supposed to be possible to get away from it by leaving a mirror, which would perplex the tyger. The spelling appears in William Blake's poem "The Tyger". Although his illustration is more like a real tiger than the mythical one, the two are completely different. Tyger (heraldry) Tyger, also known as heraldic tiger is a beast used as a charge in heraldry.
HMS Tyger approached Garden Key. The crew set fire to the wreck of the "Tyger" and again prepared to defend themselves. During a parley under a flag of truce, the Spanish informed the English that their longboat had been captured, with three of the crew killed and the rest imprisoned in Havana. After an offer of food and water was refused by the "Tyger", the Spanish sloop sailed away. In 1743 the Governor of Cuba claimed, in connection with the wreck of the "Tyger", that the Spanish had attacked and taken a launch and a sloop, and killed twelve Englishmen. The crew