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The Mary Rose as depicted in the Anthony Roll. It has the distinct carrack profile with high "castles" fore and aft. Although the number of guns and gun ports is not exact, it is an overall accurate illustration of the ship as she appeared in the 1540s.
Rule played a pivotal role in both the publicity and campaign for vital backing in order to raise the Mary Rose. [9] A notable addition to the diver team under Rule's leadership was the then Charles, Prince of Wales. The Mary Rose was raised on 11 October 1982 [10] with Rule present on the floating crane Tog Mor. This was viewed on live TV ...
The final lift began on 8 April 1961, and on the morning of 24 April, Vasa was ready to return to the world for the first time in 333 years. Press from all over the world, television cameras, 400 invited guests on barges and boats, and thousands of spectators on shore watched as the first timbers broke the surface.
While security manager Frigga is a fictional character, the sinking town of Kiruna in Sweden is very real Netflix’s The Abyss: The true story of the Swedish town that’s sinking into a crater ...
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 luxury liner SS Crescent Star sinks in seven minutes after striking a derelict mine in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, taking with her nearly all of the 1,156 people on board. Twenty-seven of the survivors converge on a single lifeboat designed to accommodate only nine. The dying captain passes command to executive officer Alec Holmes.
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 ...
A new movie about the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is sparking debate among viewers and religious scholars alike. “Mary,” a Biblical epic streaming now on Netflix, tells the story ...