When the British military historian Alexander McKee began searching for shipwrecks near the Isle of Wight in 1965, there was one in particular he hoped to find: the Mary Rose. The Tudor-era ship had ...
Henry VIII's favorite warship, the Mary Rose, sank in battle in 1545. Archaeologists successfully raised the ship in 1982, along with thousands of articles and the remains of 179 crew members—all ...
Part one: Life on the Mary Rose: the contents of the ship -- The 'Good Shippe' Mary Rose, an introduction -- Silk hats to woolly socks: clothing remains -- Personal possessions: purses to paternosters ...