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The excavation and raising of the Mary Rose was a milestone in the field of maritime archaeology, comparable in complexity and cost to the raising of the 17th-century Swedish warship Vasa in 1961. The Mary Rose site is designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 by statutory instrument 1974/55. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by ...
The Mary Rose was one of them, and the flagship became the king’s favorite. The ship saw action against the French in Brest, France, in 1512, and succumbed in its final battle during a large ...
The Mary Rose was a galleon of the English Tudor navy, built in 1555–1556. She was rebuilt during 1589. [Note 1] Her complement was 250 comprising 150 mariners, 30 gunners and 70 soldiers. She was condemned in 1618 and expended as part of a wharf at Chatham Dockyard.
Jacques Francis, also known as Jaques Frauncys, (c. 1527 – after February 1548) was an African salvage diver who led the expedition to salvage King Henry VIII's guns from the Mary Rose. He was the first African to give evidence in 1548 before a court.
The Mary Rose Trust is a limited charitable trust based in Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Its primary aims are to preserve, display and spread knowledge about the 16th century warship Mary Rose which sank in the Solent on 19 July 1545 and was salvaged by the Trust in October 1982.
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An expert believes it may have filled with water as doors were left open.
Aside from the tangible military benefits that larger, newly cannon-equipped warships provided, they also were personifications of royal power and prestige. Henry V had powerful showpieces, the “great ships,” such as the 1,400-ton Gracedieu, Henry VIII's 800-ton Mary Rose, or James IV's 1,000-ton Michael. These ships were better expressions ...