The Mary Rose was Henry VIII, flagship, built in 1511. She famously sank in the Solent in 1545 in full view of Southsea Castle. She took most of her crew of 500 souls with her. She was rediscovered in 1971 and raised in 1982. The part of the wreck that had become buried in the silt survived, and thousands of recovered Tudor artefacts, including personal items and weapons, were recovered.
In 1982, at the age of 22, I watched the raising operation of the Mary Rose live on TV with my grandfather. I remember his comment at the time. “What a waste of money to get a load of firewood off the seabed”!
The museum in Portsmouth Dockyard demonstrates that the salvage of the Mary Rose was a unique opportunity to snapshot into Tudor history. Over 19000 artefacts, along with the remains of the ship and crew, were recovered from the wreck site.
Archaeologists recovered 137 whole longbows and 172 part bows. There were also 3,500 arrows. Before the recovery of the Mary Rose, there were just 5 surviving longbows from medieval England known to exist.
link to the Museum,
Continued Reflections from my World. 
A lot of crewmen suffered permanent hearing loss manning those guns. Imagine the decibels in a confined space with no hearing protection. It was a hard life.
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Yes David a very hard life
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I suspect your father was not a historian.
It’s interesting that remains were brought up with no complaints but don’t go near any remains near the Titanic and watch out!
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No great grandad was not. Interesting very little steel from Mary Rose remains.
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What a sad history for the ship and the lives lost on it. The unearthed Tudor finds are extraordinary and a great way to learn about the past. I’m always enchanted by ships and their histories.
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I was working over in Gunwharf when she was raised, watched it over sporadic days. Pretty amazing 👍
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