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  Mary Rose
''Mary Rose'' was an English Carrack of 78 Guns (91 guns after 1536), built in Portsmouth, England, in 1509 – 1510, thought to be named after King Henry VIII 's sister Mary and the Rose, the Tudor emblem.
The ''Mary Rose'' attacked the French ''Marie la Cordelière'', the flagship of Admiral Ren de Clermont; in the battle the ''Marie la Cordelière'' was crippled and the ''Mary Rose'' was damaged and ran aground.
In 1528 and again in 1536 the ''Mary Rose'' was rebuilt, having her weight increased from 500 to 700 tons and mounting 91 guns.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Mary_Rose   (800 words)

  
 BBC - History - The Mary Rose: A Great Ship of King Henry VIII
By the time she sunk off Portsmouth harbour in 1545, the Mary Rose was obsolete: cumbersome, vulnerable to attack and ill-equipped for 16th century warfare.
While the Mary Rose was smaller, initially rated at 600 tons, she remained the second most powerful ship in the fleet and a favourite of the king.
As built, the Mary Rose was intended to close with her enemies, fire her guns, come alongside to allow the soldiers she was carrying to board the enemy ship, supported by a hail of arrows, darts and quick-lime, and to capture it by hand-to-hand fighting.
www.bbc.co.uk /history/british/tudors/mary_rose_01.shtml   (398 words)

  
 Mary Rose
Mary and her husband moved to Reno in 1928, where he was employed as a solicitor for one of the Reno newspapers.
Mary's husband, David, was killed in an automobile accident near Susanville, California in July of 1933, and Mary again returned to Winnemucca, burying her husband next to her daughter in the Winnemucca Cemetery.
Mary was buried in the Winnemucca Cemetery next to her mother and brother, close to her daughter and husband.
www.unr.edu /wrc/nwhp/bios/women/rose.htm   (835 words)

  
 JoTiKa Ltd. ~ Heritage Series Page 1, The Mary Rose.
The Mary Rose is believed to have been named after the King's favourite sister, Mary, and the Tudor emblem, the Rose.
The Mary Rose is thought to have been constructed in 1510 at Portsmouth but, while the loss of the Mary Rose is well documented, the construction of the ship is not.
The Mary Rose lay on her starboard side at an angle of approximately 60 degrees.
www.jotika-ltd.com /Pages/1024768/Heritage_Front.htm   (689 words)

  
 Rose: Mary Rose ®
Mary Rose was found to be reasonably tolerant to flspot.
Tree roses are created by attaching three buds of a rose cultivar to a long straight stem of another rose.
Other roses have been used for creating standards, but the rugosa seems to be the strongest, surviving the longest.
www.helpmefind.com /rose/pl.php?n=2085   (299 words)

  
 The raising of the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose was built between 1509 and 1511 and served in Henry VIII’s navy for 34 years until she sank off the south coast of England on July 19
Members of the conservation team inspect main deck timbers at the stern of the ship (right), which now stands upright (still in its salvage cradle) in a specially built shelter over a dry dock not far from where she was originally built.
The Raising of the Mary Rose, C.T.C. Dobbs
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The Mary Rose was a carrack of 78 guns (91 guns after 1536), built in Portsmouth, England, in 1509–1510, thought to be named after King Henry VIII's sister Mary and the rose, the Tudor emblem.
The Mary Rose attacked the Marie la Cordelèire, the flagship of Admiral Ren de Clermont; in the battle La Cordelire was crippled and the Mary Rose was damaged and ran aground.
On 16 June 1836 the Mary Rose was found when a fishing net caught on the wreck, and diver John Deane recovered timbers, guns, longbows and other items.
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  MARY ROSE YOUNG FUN WHIMISICAL BRIGHT
Mary Rose Young was born near London in 1958.
Her new range of pottery was clearly a potential source of income and from about 1985 Mary Rose began to sell from a barrow at the Dockside Arts Centre in Bristol.
The roses began to grow in a three dimensional form on the rims of vases and on the handles of mugs.
www.eclecticgallery.net /Mary_Rose_Young.htm   (924 words)

  
  Mary Rose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Mary Rose was an English carrack and one of the first to be able to fire a full broadside of cannons.
The Mary Rose attacked the French Marie la Cordelière, the flagship of Admiral Ren de Clermont; in the battle the Marie la Cordelière was crippled and the Mary Rose was damaged and ran aground.
In 1528 and again in 1536 the Mary Rose was rebuilt, having her weight increased from 500 to 700 tons and mounting 91 guns.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Rose   (1055 words)

  
 Mary Rose info sheet
The Mary Rose was one of the warships built and she was named in honour of Henry VIII’s sister, Mary Tudor (later Queen of France and Duchess of Somerset).
In 1513-14, the Mary Rose was the flagship of Sir Edward Howard during the first French war and served in the second French war of 1522-5.
Near the entrance of the dockyard is the Mary Rose exhibitions where the articles recovered during the excavation are displayed and interpreted.
www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_Mary_Rose.htm   (722 words)

  
 English Maritime Heritage - The Mary Rose
For several years Mary Rose campaigned with the fleet until, in 1536, she was partially rebuilt on the River Medway.
The Mary Rose remained in her grave at the bottom of the Solent until she was rediscovered in 1836 by the Dean brothers of Deptford.
The Mary Rose represents an almost complete cross-section through the length of the ship, and preserved within her hull were many artefacts and weapons from Tudor times, which are now exhibited in a superb museum adjacent to her resting place.
www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /maritime/mary%20rose.htm   (585 words)

  
 Grey Company: The Mary Rose
On July 19 1545 the Mary Rose sank a mile and a quarter from Portsmouth harbour.
It is thought that the Mary Rose was overloaded with men and ordinance and when executing a turn she heeled over and sank within seconds.
The Mary Rose lay beneath the Solent for 437 years before she was raised on Monday, October 11, 1982.
members.iinet.net.au /~bill/rose.html   (956 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Mary Rose
The Mary Rose was a carrack of 78 guns (91 guns after 1536), built in Portsmouth, England, in 1509–1510, thought to be named after King Henry VIII's sister Mary and the rose, the Tudor emblem.
The Mary Rose attacked the Marie la Cordelèire, the flagship of Admiral Ren de Clermont; in the battle La Cordelire was crippled and the Mary Rose was damaged and ran aground.
On 16 June 1836 the Mary Rose was found when a fishing net caught on the wreck, and diver John Deane recovered timbers, guns, longbows and other items.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Mary_Rose   (917 words)

  
 The Mary Rose
The Mary Rose sank in the Solent on 19th July 1545, just over a mile from the dock where she was built in 1509 for Henry VII.
From 1971 to 1979 the Mary Rose was excavated and in 1979 the Mary Rose Trust was formed with H.R.H. Prince Charles as its president.
The Mary Rose was equipped with 200 marines, 185 soldiers and thirty gunners.
www.portsmouth-guide.co.uk /local_f/maryrs.htm   (432 words)

  
 Mary Rose
Most rose lovers agree that this is one of David Austin's greatest successes.
This would also be a good rose to flank a doorway, stair-steps or entrance to a path or gazebo.
Unfortunately, flspot is a problem and spraying may be needed to keep the rose healthy throughout the summer months.
home.hiwaay.net /~oliver/maryrose.html   (242 words)

  
 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
The BBC crew filmed with The Mary Rose Trust in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard early in 2005, examining the many developments and discoveries including reconstructions and re-enactments of life on board uncovered during the last 20 years about the warship famously raised from the Solent in 1982.
Mary Rose Museum is the ideal venue for a very special evening.
When Mary Rose sank in 1545, swift burial within soft silt ensured the preservation of objects made of materials such as wood, leather, silk, wool and bone which rarely survives elsewhere.
www.flagship.org.uk /mary_rose.htm   (624 words)

  
 Mary Rose (1951)
MARY ROSE is of outstanding significance not only because of her history, cultural and technical significance, but also because of the contribution to the development of maritime archaeology and to the science of conservation.
MARY ROSE dates from a vital period in the development of ship construction and in particular the design of a warship.
She has often been called a 'revolutionary' warship both because of her carvel construction and because she was one of the first to incorporate water-tight lidded guns ports.
www.nhsc.org.uk /index.cfm/event/getVessel/vref/1951   (238 words)

  
 Mary Rose 1511 : Ships : History : Royal Navy
Mary Rose One of Henry VIII's 'great ships', Mary Rose was named after the king's favourite sister Mary and the Tudor emblem the Rose.
Mary Rose had a long career and was frequently in battle against the French.
It is not certain what caused Mary Rose to capsize; she was overloaded with extra soldiers and may have been caught by a gust of wind, which made the ship heel over.
www.royalnavy.mod.uk /server.php?show=nav.3898&outputFormat=print   (331 words)

  
 Mary Rose
The Mary Rose was built in Portsmouth, England, in 1509 - 1510 and named after King Henry VIII 's sister Mary ; she served as a warship for Sir Edward Howard.
In 1536 she was rebuilt, having her weight increased from 600 to 700 tonnes.
In the years that followed, it became clear that the wreck lay on her starboard side, at an angle of 60°.
www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Mary_Rose.html   (351 words)

  
 The News On-line Mary Rose Dossier exciting
The Mary Rose Museum and Ship Hall have been open to the visiting public since the early 1980s and have welcomed in the region of 6 million visitors.
The final resting place for the Mary Rose and her fascinating collection has taxed the museum world for many years, but hopes are high that a final site will soon be chosen and the vital work of fundraising and developing ideas can, at last, begin.
As Prince Charles, President of The Mary Rose Trust said in a recent Annual Report: "The challenge is to secure the long-term future of the Mary Rose and her unique collection.
www.thenewscentre.co.uk /rose/exciting.htm   (532 words)

  
 The Mary Rose, Hampshire: History - Museums
Over 35 years, the Mary Rose had a distinguished career, but was sunk accidentally in 1545 during a battle with the French.
The Mary Rose was rediscovered in 1968 due largely to the efforts of the late Alexander McKee.
The job of conserving the Mary Rose continues today, and it is anticipated that the vessel will have to be sprayed with a wax solution for a further 20 years, which will eventually replace the water in the timbers.
www.uk-tourist-attractions.co.uk /Attractions/History/Museums/The_Mary_Rose.cfm   (324 words)

  
 Mary Rose Model Ship
The Mary Rose was one of the two large ships that were constructed as part of a build-up of the English naval force in the years between 1510 and 1515 against the ever present threat of the French Navy.
Mary Rose was rated only 600 tons but the second most powerful ship in the fleet.
Mary Rose model is being built for the San Diego Maritime museum.
www.modelshipmaster.com /products/tall_ships/Mary_Rose_ship_model.htm   (406 words)

  
 Subrosa 44 - The 'Mary Rose'
Although the French claimed victory over her, it is generally accepted that the undisciplined crew of the Mary Rose neglected to close the gun ports, leaving her vulnerable to wind-whipped waves that flooded her lower decks and caused her to sink.
Given that roses are often named for popular people or events, we must revisit the sinking of the Mary Rose, for (291 years later) in 1836, she was discovered by a fisherman whose net had become entangled on some wreckage.
Following years of planning and engineering, the hull of the Mary Rose was raised from her watery interment and on December 8, 1982 she was transported to a dry dock in the Portsmouth naval yard.
www.huntingtonbotanical.org /Rose/Subrosa/44/maryrose.htm   (1941 words)

  
 Mary Rose Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mary Rose, a much-beloved member of the Business Computer Information Systems Faculty at Western Carolina University, passed away October 13, 2001 after a brief illness.
Although Mary had been at Western only three years, she had made a major impact on faculty, staff, programs and especially on students.
Her husband Mike, known and respected by many of Mary's students, has returned to Texas to be near family.
www.wcu.edu /cob/bcise/Faculty_MaryRose.asp   (151 words)

  
 The Raising of the Mary Rose: Archaeology & Salvage Combined - Page 1 of 8
By describing some of the aspects of the salvage programme from the perspective of one of the archaeological divers involved with the raising of the Mary Rose, it is hoped that the article will also illustrate how important it is to integrate the professions of both salvage and archaeology.
These questions were discussed at two meetings, specially convened by the Mary Rose (1967) Committee.One considered the first question, and was attended by archaeologists, ship historians, naval architects and museologists, who considered the archaeological evidence and the historical importance of the ship in cultural, social and military terms.
They agreed that the Mary Rose should be completely excavated and recorded as she lay on the sea bed.
www.maryrose.org /project/raise1.htm   (571 words)

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