maryrosemuseum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ⚓️ Here’s some highlights from our recent visit to the waterfront attraction in Portsmouth which is home to the flagship of Henry VIII and the largest collection of Tudor artefacts in the world! There’s plenty of interactive elements for the kids from sketching to digital games and trying out some longbows too and their immense power. We also enjoyed trying out their new immersive experience, a 4D theatre experience ‘1982: Dive the Mary Rose’ which

Discovered in 1971 and raised in 1982, the Mary Rose is a famous time capsule of Tudor times, yielding around 19,000 artefacts and 179 skeletons. Mary Rose Museum | BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight

On July 19, 1545, the Mary Rose, flagship of King Henry VIII’s fleet, foundered in the Solent, carrying a full complement of sailors and soldiers armed with powerful yew longbows. When marine archaeologists began systematic recovery in 1979, only five medieval English bows were known to survive. By the time the wreck’s wooden hull was lifted in 1982, they had retrieved 137 bows—some over 6 ft long—and thousands of cedar-shafted arrows preserved in oxygen-free mud. Conservation and dendrochronolo

Longbow from the Mary Rose

Discover the harrowing story of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's mighty flagship that sank before his eyes during the Battle of the Solent. See full video at https://youtu.be/Bq7oWs73I18 #MaryRose #HenryVIII #Shipwreck #NavalHistory #BattleoftheSolent #TudorHistory #HistoricalEvent #BritishHistory #MaritimeDisaster #WarfareHistory | The Anne Boleyn Files

When people tell you that the Mary Rose sank on her maiden voyage... https://maryrose.org/the-history-of-the-mary-rose/ | The Mary Rose