Life on the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose was King Henry VIII's flagship, but it sank in battle against the French in 1545 just outside Portsmouth harbour on the southern English coast. Efforts were made to recover it at the time but it lay there for more than 400 years until it was discovered in 1971. Just over ten years later it was raised and since then work has been taking place to restore it.
The Tudor warship now has its very own museum in Portsmouth and visitors can see facial reconstructions of the people onboard. Newsday talks to Dr Alex Hildred, part of the original diving team who rescued the Mary Rose and head of Research for the Mary Rose Trust about why they decided to create this virtual exhibition detailing the life of the ship's carpenter, surgeon and archers.
Picture: Carpenter's skull found on the Mary Rose, Credit: Swansea University and the Mary Rose Trust
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