The operation to raise Henry VIII’s ship, The Mary Rose took place today in 1982.Built in 1510
The operation to raise Henry VIII’s ship, The Mary Rose took place today in 1982.Built in 1510, it was in service for 34 years before sinking in 1545 in The Solent, North of the Isle of Wight. It was rediscovered in 1971, and since then some 20,000 artefacts have been recovered, many on display in the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth With a crew of over 400 at the time of her sinking, fewer than 35 survived.http://www.maryrose.org/ -- source link
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