The Mary Rose Ashore - Page 3 of 6

A survey of the hull was undertaken to prepare a set of plans of the existing structure. A set of section drawings was produced, allowing the archaeologists to prepare ships lines. After the ship had been turned upright it was possible to start reinstalling the deck timbers. These had been removed underwater while preparing the ship for raising.

 

The timbers were replaced using two cranes. Titanium beams were manufactured to replace missing or broken timbers. This metal was chosen both for it's physical properties and also because we didn't want to mislead the visitor by putting modern timbers in the ship. The rebuilding of the ship was made much easier because we could refer to the superb surveys carried out by the archaeologists and divers while the ship was on the seabed.

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