English warship built in 1510 at the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth, for the Royal Navy.
She
was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a
firm favourite of King Henry VIII.
Foundered during the battle of Spithead against the French fleet on July 19, 1545, and sank off Southsea Castle.
The remains of the starboard side of the ship was recovered in 1982 and is presently undergoing conservation in
Portsmouth, where it is on display at the Royal Dockyard.
The
Mary Rose is the only 16th century warship on display
anywhere in the world. Her rediscovery
and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical
archaeology.
The
Mary Rose Trust was founded in 1979; "to find, record,
excavate, raise, bring ashore, preserve, publish, report on, and
display the
Mary Rose in the city of Portsmouth."
Go to the Mary Rose web site.
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