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from weapons to clothes and even a backgammon set. Alex Hildred was one of the first to dive on the Mary Rose. She said: "The biggest shock when she came to the surface was just how big she was.
He also had a backgammon game and dice in his cabin ... years since it sank - the secrets of Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, are being revealed to the public - along with the faces of ...
The once-fearsome Mary Rose lay undiscovered beneath the ... Inside the chief carpenter’s cabin lies a remarkably preserved backgammon set. Outside was found the skeleton of the carpenter ...
When it was built in Portsmouth in 1509-11, the Mary Rose, named after Henry ... ranging from longbows to a backgammon set.
The Mary Rose was discovered in 1971, raised in 1982 and has since undergone 34 years of conservation work. The warship first went on display at the Mary Rose Museum in 2013, enclosed in a special ...
On 19 July 1545, the Mary Rose, the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir George Carew, set out from Portsmouth ... longbows and backgammon boards. Rear Admiral John Lippiett, chief executive of the ...
The wreck of Henry VIII's Flagship, The Mary Rose, being raised from the seabed on the Solent off Portsmouth The long-anticipated £4 million operation, twice postponed, was beset by technical ...