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Welcome to the Mary Rose Mail Order Catalogue.

The Mary Rose Trading Company sells a wide range of books, replicas, gifts and educational material.

We hope you can find something that you like on our on-line catalogue. We now sell a 40 minute DVD telling the story of the Mary Rose and the project to excavate, raise and conserve her and the unique collection of artefacts recovered from the ship. You can find the video in the "Books" section of the catalogue.

While President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Geoff Hunt visited the Mary Rose and became intrigued by the story of this ship, which heralded the building of King Henry VIII's navy. Built in 1509, she was at the forefront of naval technology and served as a flagship until she sank in 1545 off Southsea in a battle with the French fleet. Geoff then studied the ship in great detail, exploring the outer side to get a close up view of the hull before embarking on a major painting. His research has included detailed study of the contemporary illustrations of Henry’s navy and much time talking to the archaeologists who were involved in raising the hull and then studying it while it undergoes conservation. Some measure of the painstaking study is the fact that Geoff spent a staggering 113 hours or more of preparatory work before he even lifted his brushes!

Geoff Hunt's painting of the Mary Rose

Limited edition prints on canvas and on paper, taken from Geoff Hunt's magnificent new painting of The Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship, in commemoration of her 500th anniversary are available from the Art Marine website www.artmarine.co.uk/maryrose