Timeline

Henry VIII born at Greenwich

Henry VII commissions dry dock at Portsmouth

Henry VIII becomes King of England

Mary Rose and Peter Pomegranate ordered to be built at Portsmouth dockyard

Find out more about Peter Pomegranate

Both ships transferred from Portsmouth to London for ‘fitting out’

The Mary Rose sets sail under the command of Lord Admiral Edward Howard

17^th April

This was her maiden voyage as a warship

Battle of Saint-Mathieu, the first battle for the Mary Rose

Mary Rose escorts Henry VIII to the Field of Cloth of Gold

Charles V taken aboard the Mary Rose

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, taken aboard the Mary Rose by Henry VIII at Dover

Mary Rose repairs in Portsmouth and then taken to Deptford for re-caulking

Henry VIII excommunicated from the Catholic Church

Henry VIII appointed Supreme Head of the Church of England

Dissolution of the Monasteries

Drunken Mary Rose mariners attack a Portuguese merchant vessel on the Thames

Siege of Boulogne

The Mary Rose is lost during the Battle of the Solent

19^th July 1545

Salvage efforts begin

August 1545

Expected recovery date was 3^rd August 1545.

Anthony Roll, inventory of English Navy presented to Henry VIII

It includes the Mary Rose, which had sunk the previous year

Henry VIII dies

Mary Rose re-discovered

Gosport fishermen report nets being snagged in Solent and Mary Rose re-discovered

Deane salvage operation

From 1835-40, many of the objects recovered were turned into souvenirs.

Alexander McKee launches ‘Project Solent Ships’ in search of the Mary Rose

Trench reveals a wrought-iron gun, confirmed as Tudor

First timbers of the Mary Rose discovered

Mary Rose Trust excavations begin

Protection of Wrecks Act passed

Mary Rose designated as a protected wreck site

Mary Rose Trust established

Raising of the Mary Rose

The Mary Rose was raised on 11-Oct-1982

Mary Rose sprayed with chilled water

Treatment with PEG begins

Mary Rose spray treated with polyethylene glycol (PEG)

Stem post timber and portside timbers found

Between 2003 and 2005 stem post timber and portside timbers were found during further Mary Rose Trust excavation at wreck site funded by MoD

New (and current) Mary Rose Museum opens

Drying out begins

Conservation spray treatment of Mary Rose ends and drying phase begins

Drying ends

Drying ends and Ship Hall re-developed for new visitor experience

Mary Rose Museum re-launched

Mary Rose Museum re-launched with enhanced view of ship from context galleries

40th Anniversary

11^th October 2022 – 40^th

Anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose

Dive the Mary Rose 4D launches