On this day in 1545 the Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth.

Launched in 1511 it was a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. The ship served for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany.

After being substantially rebuilt in 1536, it saw final action on 19 July 1545., leading the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet, but sank in the Solent, the strait north of the Isle of Wight.

Following the discovery of the wreck in 1971, the project became known to the general public and received increasing media attention.

In 1982, after three intense seasons of archaeological underwater work, preparations began for raising the ship.

On the morning of 11 October 1982 at 9:30 am the first timbers of the Mary Rose broke the surface.