http://www.maryrose.org The Mary Rose website Mon, 29 Jul 2013 03:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.maryrose.org/discover-our-collection/story-of-the-ship/#comment-31 Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth | mattischro.me Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:19:22 +0000 http://213.175.196.240/~maryrose/?page_id=262#comment-31 [...] The Mary Rose was Henry VIII’s flagship and one of the first ships to be built in the Portsmouth dockyard. On July 19th 1545 the French sailed up the Solent (the body of water that separates the English mainland from the Isle of Wight) and the Mary Rose (recently re-fitted) was among the English ships that engaged the marauding French fleet. Unfortunately the Mary Rose sank early on in the battle, and very quickly too, even though the English won the day. For centuries the wreck was lost before being discovered in 1971 (though one of the cannons was recovered earlier) and eventually raised in 1982 with the aid of hydraulic platforms. One half of the ship had rotted away but the half covered in silt was preserved. The new centre continues the drying out of the remains and it will be completely dry by 2017. You can read more about the Mary Rose and why it sank here: The Story of the Ship(maryrose.org). [...] [...] The Mary Rose was Henry VIII’s flagship and one of the first ships to be built in the Portsmouth dockyard. On July 19th 1545 the French sailed up the Solent (the body of water that separates the English mainland from the Isle of Wight) and the Mary Rose (recently re-fitted) was among the English ships that engaged the marauding French fleet. Unfortunately the Mary Rose sank early on in the battle, and very quickly too, even though the English won the day. For centuries the wreck was lost before being discovered in 1971 (though one of the cannons was recovered earlier) and eventually raised in 1982 with the aid of hydraulic platforms. One half of the ship had rotted away but the half covered in silt was preserved. The new centre continues the drying out of the remains and it will be completely dry by 2017. You can read more about the Mary Rose and why it sank here: The Story of the Ship(maryrose.org). [...]

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