Mary Rose Ship
- 1. KS2 History – Tudor Times
- 2. Contents British English Navy Mary Rose facts and figures Mary Rose Information Design of Mary Rose The size of Mary Rose How and Why the Mary Rose sunk?
- 3. British English Navy The English navy increased under Henry VIII from just 5 ships at the beginning of his reign to about 60 ships. The Royal Navy was developed by King Henry VIII was allowed to decay under his two immediate successors, Edward and Queen Mary. In 1548 there were 53 ships in the Fleet, with a total tonnage of about 11,000 but by 1558 there were only 26, with a tonnage of little more than 7,000.
- 4. Mary Rose Facts and Figures Built: 1509 - 1511 Set sail: 1512 Where is set sail: Portsmouth, England Fate: Sank in 1545 People on board: 200 sailors 185 soldiers 30 gunners
- 5. Mary Rose Information The Mary Rose was a type of warship and belonged to the English Tudor Navy in the time of Henry VIII. The ship was named after Henry VIII’s favourite sister Mary Tudor. After serving for 33 years in many wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany. On 19th July 1545 the Mary Rose sunk and after the attack of the galleys of French invasion fleet. Mary rose was rediscovered in 1971 and was fixed to the best of their historical knowledge in 1982 by the Mary Rose Trust. They found thousands of recovered artefacts are of immeasurable value.
- 6. The Design of Mary Rose The Mary Rose ship was originally built as a Carrack. This was a style which was often used for merchant ships of the period, in fact the famous Santa Maria ship of Christopher Columbus was also a carrack with three masts. The Mary Rose was a bigger four mast sailing ship. Each of the masts carried one large sail. The foresail and mainsail were square shaped and the sail on the rear mast was a triangular shaped sail. The Mary Rose warship also had high castles at the bow and stern.
- 7. Size of Mary Rose Weight: 700 ton Length: 38.5 metres Beam: 4.6 metres
- 8. How and Why did the Mary Rose sink? She was defending England against a massive French invasion force in 1545 when, without warning, she capsized and slid under the waves, taking over 400 men with her. But the re – construction should us that the ship sunk because of the heavy weight, and it got toppled over due to the strong winds and tide. But to keep the respect of the Mary Rose people said that sunk in battle with the French.