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The Mary Rose Appeal

The sailors aboard the Mary Rose engraved their personal possessions with their individual marks. Some of these marks will be etched into wooden panels forming the outer cladding of this remarkable new museum.

Here is an opportunity for you, your family and friends, and also schools and businesses to support our project and – Make Your Mark! Visit the Appeal page to find out more or please download the Make Your Mark leaflet for more information and an order form.

The Mary Rose is based in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII.

After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology.

To mark the 500th anniversary year of King Henry VIII’s accession to the throne and of his commissioning of the Mary Rose, the Mary Rose Trust, the charity preserving the ship, is launching the Mary Rose 500 public appeal.

The appeal is seeking 500 individuals, schools, businesses and organisations to come on board and symbolically become the ‘new crew’ of the Tudor warship. Click on the logo or link to find out more, or view the appeal video on You Tube!

Please note: The hull of the Mary Rose will not be on display until mid 2012 while a new museum is built to house her. The present museum, displaying the amazing artefacts recovered from the wreck, will still be open during this period.