Fact 1 - The warship served England during the naval Battle of St Mathieu and the Battle of the Solent where she she was sunk in 1545
Fact 2 - The Mary Rose was built between 1509 & 1511 as the first English gunship
Fact 3 - The crew consisted of 185 soldiers and archers, 200 sailors and 30 gunners
Fact 4 - The Flagship Commanders of the Mary Rose Warship were:
Admiral Sir Edward Howard (1477-1513)
Lord High Admiral Sir Thomas Howard (1508-1549)
Vice Admiral Sir George Carew ((1504–1545)
Fact 5 - Date the warship was rediscovered: 14th May 1966
Fact 6 - Date that the hull was raised: 11 October 1982
Fact 7 - The lower gunports on the refitted Mary Rose were only 16 inches above the waterline.
Fact 8 - The warship had high castle-like structures built on the deck at the bow and stern
Fact 9 - The gunports were the flaps that covered holes in the side of the ship
Fact 10 - The gunports allowed the guns to fire a 'broadside', which meant all guns along one side of the ship could fire at once
Fact 11 - In 1545 the French launched an invasion fleet against the English which led to the shipwreck of the warship
Fact 12 - On June 16, 1836 the shipwreck was discovered when a fishing net caught on the wreck
Fact 13 - A new search was started by Alexander McKee in 1965 and the shipwreck was rediscovered on 14th May 1966
Fact 14 - 20,000 artefacts were recovered from the shipwreck including personal, medical and military artefacts
Fact 15 - Over 600 volunteer divers assisted in excavating the Mary Rose shipwreck
Fact 16 - The artefacts found on the ship included more than 3,500 arrows and 137 whole longbows
Fact 17 - 200 skeletons were found on the Mary Rose. Nearly all of the skeletons were of young men in their twenties with an average height of 5 foot 7 inches
Fact 18 - The Mary Rose sank on 19th of July 1545
