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.

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Mary Rose 1
Mary Rose Trust 1
Mary Rose shipwreck 1

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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

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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)