'The authors are to be congratulated on a book which merits usage
in the national curriculum.' - International Journal of Nautical
Archaeology The raising of the Tudor warship Mary Rose in 1982 has
made her one of the most famous ships in history, though there is a
good deal more to her story than its terminal disaster. She served
successfully in the Royal Navy for more than thirty years before
sinking, for reasons still uncertain, during a battle off
Portsmouth in 1545. There have been many books published about Mary
Rose but this is the only one written largely by those who sailed
with her. It is based around original documents, including all the
known despatches written aboard Mary Rose by the commanding
admirals. Extracts from accounts and other papers illustrate the
building, equipping and provisioning of the ship. Although this is
primarily a view from the quarter-deck, there are occasional
glimpses of life below. The collection concludes with reports of
the sinking, and of the first attempts to salvage the ship and her
ordnance. The documents are presented in modern spelling and are
set in context through linking narratives. Technical terms are
explained, and the principal characters introduced. The texts are
supplemented by contemporary images, and by photographs of the
preserved ship and recovered objects. A new range of illustrations
has been added to this edition, published forty years on from the
raising of the hull.
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