16th-Century Ships - Mary Rose, Henry Grace a Dieu, Red Dragon, Anthony Roll, Turtle Ship, Golden Hind, English Ship Revenge, Duyfken, Lion (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Mary Rose, Henry Grace a Dieu, Red Dragon, Anthony Roll, Turtle ship, Golden Hind, English ship Revenge, Duyfken, Lion, English ship Antelope, Adler von Lubeck, Salamander of Leith, Michael, La Dauphine, English ship Ark Royal, English ship Bonaventure, English ship Aid, English ship Mary Willoughby, Spanish ship Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, English ship Dreadnought, English ship Lion, English ship Hope, English ship Merhonour, English ship Rainbow, Scottish warship Margaret, English ship Vanguard, English ship Elizabeth Jonas, English ship White Bear, English ship Triumph, Peter Pomegranate, English ship Warspite, English ship Foresight, English ship Repulse, English ship Defiance, English ship Swiftsure, English ship Mary Rose, Vasana, San Diego, Treasurer. Excerpt: The Mary Rose was a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. After serving for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany and after being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she saw her last action on 1545. While leading the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet, she sank in the Solent, the straits north of the Isle of Wight. The wreck of the Mary Rose was rediscovered in 1971 and salvaged in 1982 by the Mary Rose Trust in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. The surviving section of the ship and thousands of recovered artefacts are of immeasurable value as a Tudor-era time capsule. The excavation and salvage of the Mary Rose was a milestone in the field of maritime archaeology, comparable in complexity and cost only to the raising of the Swedish 17th-century warship Vasa in 1961. The finds include weapons, sailing equipment, naval supplies and a wide array of objects used by the crew. Many of the artefacts are unique to the Mary Rose and have pro...