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The Mary Rose wreck site has yielded 26,000 artefacts and the skeletal remains of 179 people a combination of evidence that amounts to the most complete picture we have of 16th century naval warfare and everyday life on shipboard. Here, a cannon is lifted from the seabed.

Military History
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Tudor seapower: When Britannia first ruled the waves

Thirty years ago, the wreck of the Mary Rose, pride of Henry VIII’s navy, rose from the seabed to the gasps of a live TV audience of millions. Neil Faulkner takes the opportunity to review the rise of English seapower in the early 16th century.

Above A 19th century depiction of the embarkation of Henry VIII on board the Henry Grace à Dieu in 1520, copied from a painting by Vincent Volpi.

Military History
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Tudor seapower: when Britannia first ruled the waves

Thirty years ago, the wreck of the Mary Rose, pride of Henry VIII’s navy, rose from the seabed to the gasps of a live TV audience of millions. Neil Faulkner takes the opportunity to review the
rise of English seapower in
the early 16th century.