Tiger (Imperial-class)
The Tiger was an Imperial-class Star Destroyer in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War.
Tiger was assigned to rendezvous with shuttles near Kessel and transfer Rebel prisoners of war from the prison colony. There were to be five shuttles carrying the prisoners and only two TIE/LN starfighters as escort. The Rebel Alliance learned of the prisoner transfer and dispatched five of their own shuttles along with three Y-wings as escort to mount a rescue.
The Y-wings destroyed the TIE escorts and disabled the shuttles before engaging and destroying several TIE/IN starfighters which had launched from Tiger while the Rebel shuttles rescued the prisoners. The Star Destroyer itself was too far away to prevent the rescue.
The participating Rebel pilots were awarded the Corellian Cross for their bravery and the mission was later recreated as a simulation for use in training new pilots.
Behind the scenes
Though referred to as Predator in the mission description in Star Wars: X-Wing, the ship is identified as Tiger in the mission itself. Since Tiger is also used in X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide, Tiger is taken here as the correct name.