The Mary Rose (shipwreck)

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The Mary Rose is a famous 16th-century English warship of Henry VIII that sank in 1545 and was later raised and preserved as a major maritime archaeological exhibit.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mary Rose 1
Mary Rose Trust 1
Mary Rose shipwreck 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tudor warship ⓘ
museum ship exhibit ⓘ
shipwreck ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armament anti-personnel weapons such as swivel guns ⓘ
bronze muzzle-loading guns ⓘ
cast-iron guns ⓘ
artefactTypes clothing and personal items ⓘ
medical equipment ⓘ
navigation instruments ⓘ
weapons ⓘ
beam approximately 12 m (after rebuild) ⓘ
builder Portsmouth Dockyard ⓘ
commissioned 1512 ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 400–500 men at time of sinking ⓘ
crewComposition gunners ⓘ
sailors ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
culturalSignificance key source for understanding Tudor seafaring life ⓘ
symbol of Henry VIII’s navy ⓘ
displacement approximately 500 tons (original) ⓘ
increased to about 700 tons after rebuild ⓘ
displayedAt The Mary Rose Museum ⓘ
excavationStart 1979 ⓘ
excavationType maritime archaeology ⓘ
heritageDesignation major maritime archaeological site ⓘ
hullMaterial wood ⓘ
laidDown c. 1509–1510 ⓘ
launched 1511 ⓘ
length approximately 32 m at waterline (after rebuild) ⓘ
monarchServed Henry VIII ⓘ
museumOpening 2013 ⓘ
namedAfter Mary Tudor ⓘ
notableFeature iconic example of Tudor naval architecture ⓘ
one of the earliest ships designed to carry heavy guns through gunports ⓘ
one of the most complete 16th-century shipwrecks ever recovered ⓘ
yielded thousands of well-preserved artefacts ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Anglo-French wars ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ
War of the League of Cambrai ⓘ
linked to: League of Cambrai
portOfRegistry Portsmouth ⓘ
preservationMethod polyethylene glycol treatment of timbers ⓘ
preservedAt Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ⓘ
primaryEnemy Kingdom of France ⓘ
raised 11 October 1982 ⓘ
raisedFrom Solent ⓘ
recoveredBy Mary Rose Trust ⓘ
riggingType carrack ⓘ
sank 19 July 1545 ⓘ
sankDuringReignOf Henry VIII ⓘ
sankIn Battle of the Solent ⓘ
sankNear Spithead ⓘ
sankOff Portsmouth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard → hasPart → The Mary Rose (shipwreck) ⓘ
Portsmouth, England → hasLandmark → The Mary Rose ⓘ
linked to: The Mary Rose (shipwreck)
Mary Rose → recoveredBy → Mary Rose Trust ⓘ
subject linked to: The Mary Rose (shipwreck)
linked to: The Mary Rose (shipwreck)
Battle of the Solent → usedWarship → Mary Rose ⓘ
linked to: The Mary Rose (shipwreck)
English longbow → preservedExamplesFoundAt → Mary Rose shipwreck ⓘ
linked to: The Mary Rose (shipwreck)