Mary Rose (Tudor Carrack) (1512-1545) (Ex RN)

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Mary Rose (Tudor Carrack) (1512-1545) (Ex RN)

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Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose now fully unveiled
No more glass wall, no more pipes, scaffolding or spraying.

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^ The Mary Rose has been publicly unveiled in its entirety for the first time (pictured), nearly 500 years after the warship sank in battle

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^ The vessel, Henry VIII's flagship, has gone on display in the newly-revamped Mary Rose museum exactly 471 years after it perished in the Solent on July 19, 1545.

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The unveiling (pictured) heralds the end of the 34-year project which saw the ship painstakingly restored after it was raised from the bottom of the seabed in 1982

(Daily Mail)
The Mary Rose has been publicly unveiled in its entirety for the first time, nearly 500 years after the warship sank in battle.
The vessel, Henry VIII's flagship, has gone on display in the newly-revamped Mary Rose museum exactly 471 years after it perished in the Solent on July 19, 1545.

The unveiling heralds the end of the 34-year project which saw the ship painstakingly restored after it was raised from the bottom of the seabed in 1982. The Mary Rose, a 16th Century warship, sank in battle with the French exactly 461 years ago on July 19, 1545, killing more than 400 men. Incredibly, the starboard hull remained intact on the seabed and was raised from the Solent in October 1982, before being taken to Portsmouth Dockyard.

In total, 19,000 items were carefully retrieved, including the bones of sailors, a dog called Hatch and other artefacts from the wreckage.
For decades after the hull of the ship was raised, it was constantly sprayed with millions of litres of water and wax chemicals to preserve it.
Luckily, the hull had been preserved under the sea as it had been embedded in mud preventing bacteria and tides from eroding it.
At first, the hull was sprayed with recycled, fresh water at a temperature of less than 5°C (41°F) to stop the wood drying out and to inhibit bacterial activity.

Then, in 1985, the ship was turned upright and titanium props were installed to support the internal structure and work was undertaken to remove as much sediment as possible. From 1994, active conservation commenced with the spraying of Polyethylene Glycol (Peg), a water-soluble polymer which can penetrate deep into the wood and support the cell walls.

In 2013, the Peg sprays were turned off and the hull began its final air-drying phase to remove 100 tonnes of water during the next four to five years. Once drying was complete, the internal walls surrounding the hull were removed so visitors would be able to see a completely unobstructed view of the hull. Small viewing panels have now also been replaced with floor-to-ceiling windows and a balcony entered through an airlock.

In July 2016, Mary Rose was finally unveiled to the world, without the protective glass wall, the pipes, scaffolding and spraying system have now all been removed.
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^ Raising of the Mary Rose in 1982.

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^ Mary Rose returns to Portsmouth, 1982

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^ Mary Rose was rotated upright in her lifting cradle in 1985.

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Amazing... the Vasa (in Stockholm) is still being sprayed, after how many decades (of being exposed to air)
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a good Belfast enineer and they'll have out at see in no time ;)


glad to see it finally opened up like that have to take a trip up next year

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The others are: The Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath and Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

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Did you know that this Mary Rose was the first of NINE ships to be named Mary Rose ?!
https://maryrose.org/blog/historical/mu ... mary-rose/

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