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Historical stories, conservation, news and collections updates and other stories from the Mary Rose.

Fortifying the Museum

Fortifying the Museum

How do you install large bronze guns weighing several tonnes in a museum?

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Seabed to Showcase: Hatch the dog

Seabed to Showcase: Hatch the dog

Hatch, our ship’s dog, is one of the most recognisable exhibits here at the Mary Rose (perhaps only second to the ship itself!)

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Don’t Miss the Boat! Telling the time on the Mary Rose

Don’t Miss the Boat! Telling the time on the Mary Rose

How did they tell the time on a Tudor warship? Find out in our learning blog!

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Christmas in Tudor England

Christmas in Tudor England

What was Christmas like in Tudor England, and how did they celebrate the festive season?

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Where were you in 82? – Tunnelling under the Mary Rose

Where were you in 82? – Tunnelling under the Mary Rose

Kester Keighley was a member of the Mary Rose dive team, who was in the water when the Mary Rose was lifted…

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CRASH! The moment that made a nation jump

CRASH! The moment that made a nation jump

Everybody who watched the raising of the Mary Rose remembers the moment when the cradle fell, but what actually happened?

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Where Were You in 82? – Mary Rose Special Branch

Where Were You in 82? – Mary Rose Special Branch

William Alwyn “Al” Davies is a member of the Mary Rose Special Branch of the British Sub Aqua Club

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Where Were You in 82? – lifting the Mary Rose

Where Were You in 82? – lifting the Mary Rose

11 October 1982, John Gray was operator of Tog Mor, the crane that lifted the Mary Rose. In this blog, he remembers that day…

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Where were you in 82? Royal Engineers

Where were you in 82? Royal Engineers

Hugh McKnight was a Royal Engineers diver during the final stages of the recovery of the Mary Rose

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