....Henry VIII's favourite sister, Mary Tudor, and
the rose as the emblem of the Tudors
Italian War of 1542–46, Francis I of France and Suleiman I
[of the Ottoman Empire unite their forces
against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII of England,
[a war disastrously costly according to all historical sources.
The war arose from the failure of the Truce of Nice,
[which ended the Italian War of 1536–38,
to resolve the long-standing conflict between Charles and Francis,
[but was repeated fiercely with features, revenge and hate.
During this war the Mary Rose, a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy,
[after serving for 33 years in several wars,
and while leading the attack on a French invasion fleet, she sank near the Isle of Wight,
[a historic ship, whose model continues to be sold as a replica in stores.
The wreck of the Mary Rose was rediscovered in 1971 and it was raised on October 1982
[in one of the most expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
A lifting from the seabed like a fairy tale, or a novel by Victor Hugo,
[or another adventure of Ulysses in Greek mythology.
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* ''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis -CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS //
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* Mary Rose was a warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII saw her last action on 19 July 1545 while leading the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet, she sank in the Solent, the straits north of the Isle of Wight.
The wreck of the Mary Rose was rediscovered in 1971. It was raised on 11 October 1982 by the Mary Rose Trust, in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. The surviving section of the ship and thousands of recovered artefacts are of immeasurable value as a Tudor-era time capsule. The excavation and raising of the Mary Rose was a milestone in the field of maritime archaeology, comparable in complexity and cost only to the raising of the Swedish 17th-century warship Vasa in 1961.
The finds include weapons, sailing equipment, naval supplies and a wide array of objects used by the crew. Many of the artefacts are unique to the Mary Rose and have provided insights into topics ranging from naval warfare to the history of musical instruments. Since the mid-1980s, while undergoing conservation, the remains of the hull have been on display at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. An extensive collection of well-preserved artefacts is on display at the Mary Rose Museum, built to display the remains of the ship and its artefacts alongside each other.
The Mary Rose was one of the largest ships in the English navy through more than three decades of intermittent war and was one of the earliest examples of a purpose-built sailing warship. She was armed with new types of heavy guns that could fire through the recently invented gun-ports. After being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she was also one of the earliest ships that could fire a broadside, although the line of battle tactics that employed it had not yet been developed. Several theories have sought to explain the demise of the Mary Rose, based on historical records, knowledge of 16th-century shipbuilding, and modern experiments. The precise cause of her sinking is still unclear, because of conflicting testimonies and a lack of conclusive physical evidence.
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| Wreck of the Mary Rose as it was raised on October 1982 |
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