The
Mary Rose was the pride of King Henry VIII's navy. He named her
Mary for the Virgin Mary and his favorite sister Mary, and Rose for the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York, which were both incorporated into the Tudor rose, which is both red and white. (Confused yet? Try reading a book about the War of the Roses, the war that put Henry VIII's father on England's throne.) Anyway, the
Mary Rose sank off the coast of England. Half of it was rediscovered and raised to be carefully preserved, and many artifacts from the ship are now on display in the
museum. (That link says there's no evidence the ship was named after Henry's sister, but I definitely remember reading at the museum that he named the ship after his sister...
Hm. Another mystery of history.)
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Wax replica of Henry VIII |
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And this is Hatch - the skeleton of the dog the crew found in a hatch. |
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