European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Plunging doily Magazine rom Trail it up depiction of the Mary Rose which Sank with 600 men while engaging French Armada in 1545. T by Mel Laytner United press International the first cold Shock i the  Peter Dobbs chief diver of the diving Barge Slipner said is a Hacsi Tutch above he murky Green water. Once in you ought to warm  fifty feet below by the Mary Rose Pride of Henry vill i Navy among England s first True warships and now 435 years later one of the Moil ambitious Marine archaeological pro Ccu Ever undertaken. Tic Many Rose Sank below the water of ports to ouch Harbor vol la taint 600 i riots mid suitors in card while engaging to French Aruda on july19, ims. Shirting tilt and mod of the so knt one of the worst busiest waterway soon buried the wreck preserving it to remarkable Ftp what we have Here is a total picture of Tudor  Laid Margaret Rule archaeological director of the Mary Rose Trust. What i m interested in u the total evidence the ship in people How they lived what they sit. H t it , Youthful Marine archaeologist and some 200 Volunteer divers from around the world Ait painstakingly excavating the ship with the him of raising the Hull in 1982. Thu ii no treasure Hunt. The treasure ship syndrome of plundering a historically valuable vessel a scorned. With trowel measuring tape and drawing Board diver use air lift vacuums to work the Mary Rose As if she were a land Lite layer by layer Trench by Trench sketch ing measuring and recording every Plank artefact and Bone before removal. It a cold exacting work. Dobbs a former British Par Balroop officer of 24 year Wai right the 48-degrees fahrenheit water sent a cold Shock from Ankles to Pine. I shivered in my wet suit. Once acclimated i reached for the guide rope to the Bottom and Law my bund fade in the Murk lentil soup. Visibility Boul 1-3 feet. On the Bottom i groped along s Grid of yellow pipe following Dobra to the wreck. All that we discernible a Row of boards stuck Bio the mod. Tace Muy to b flu rid of Iti tide to 60-Gre Neft. Sediment he filled the bul w pm after men Yean of exc Attoa Only Reijm Ltd Reni of deck Tina Are to table ticking of . Avoiding use of my nippers to keen from stirring the lit 1 follow Dobb by pulling myself band Over hand Tang the yellow pipe. A chum loom and the butt of huge Bron Cannon comes into Gociu its barrel pointed straight Down. From this Trench i am told divers have recovered longbows of Yew in excellent condition arrows and skeletal remains of crewmen. I am no longer looking at Muddy boards but at a great ship of War. The four mailed 130-foot Mary Rose was built in Portsmouth by order of King Henry vim in 1509 and named after his sister. In action off Brest in 1512. It Defeated the French flagship grand Admiral. In Fleet trials in 1513, the Mary Rose beat every other ship i Henry s Navy. Sir wrote capt. Sir Edward Howard to Henry Sheds the noblest ship of sail and great ship at this hour that i know to be in  the Mary Rose wan rebuilt in 1536. Her listed weight was raised from 600 to 700 tans Mast of it heavy Artil Lery. She was among the first come historians say the first English ships specifically designed for War. Is fort the Miry rom warship really co alerted merchantman with Soldier fort Cutler added on then uld Peter a Utlek retired British Naty itar stunt commander and historian for thu mar rom Trust. They would float these Forti together and the soldiers would beat the hell out of each other. Guns were usually Light weight swivel anti personnel  but the Mury rom changed All that. She i probably the first English ship to install heavy siege batteries broadside below decks said Alex Ander Mekee the Maverick historian who discovered the wreck in 1967. It was revolutionary the broadside became a Standard feature of naval warfare through the 19lh Century. The Ideal that went into the Mary Rose were refined into the twist Maneu Merable English ski pm that wreaked havoc with the Spanish Armada in 1588. But her ambitious design and the extra weight probably tank  july 1545, the French massed 262 warships outside Portsmouth in an open Challenge to Henry Viii. Henry kept his 62 warships in port protected by narrow Chan Nels and guns from newly built soul sea Castle. He had no Choice Besid being vastly outnumbered there was no wind. The French tent cared galleys to harass the English though with Little Success. Suddenly the wind tote whistles blared. Orders issued to set sail. Lying pm to Ltd  it 200 to 300 Usu i abort ill Crew of 400, tic Marr mow mild to Battle fold Leri and a ctn end dig the four Gumy Hiob Fon mid Al cutlet her emf win Wen opes just is by act ton us . What happened next is unclear. But the ship heeled with the wind. Water poured through the lowest gun  Henry watching from Sau Tosca Castle a mile away the Mary Rose tank within minutes. Most aboard wednesday. September 10, 19bo were caught below. Those who might have escaped were trapped by anti boarding nets stretched across the top deck. The hypothesis i that the Mary Rose fired off he starboard guns and via mane vering to bring her port gun batteries to Bear when the Accident occurred said Andrew Fielding the projects Deputy archaeological director. Anyway that s what we d like to think. Bui whether it actually happened ironically the great naval Battle never took place. Each Side tried to bait the other into attack. After pillaging the Isle of Wight and us sex coast the French went Home. Henry won by avoiding defeat. Back aboard the Sleipnes Andy Fielding showed me one of the most significant artefacts yet recovered a shawm a musical instrument known As a pilgrims slave and a forerunner of the  two others have Ever been found in Vienna and Brussels and the one from the Mary Rose is thought to be older. News of the find Wai kept secret for almost three weeks to it would coincide with Prince Charles visit to the Sleipnes. A Tan to think of tic or aspet to know  Rule mid. Public it Alioth la Impei Tinl to the Mary Rote but Nate it project it Pinta org try though Mckee and a few dedicated divers discovered the wreck in 1967, it was not until a Cannon Wai raised three years later that the Salvage operations began in Earnest. The big step came in 1979 when the Mary Rose Trust was formed with Prince Charles As president. From $35,-000 in 1 979, the budget jumped to 5865,000 this year. One big expense was Sleipnes a world War i a Vintage Barge that 20 years ago was used to Salvage another historic a decl the swedish ship Vaia from Stock Holm  land a conservation Laboratory with freeze dry chamber and treatment and storage facilities is being built in an old liquor warehouse near the Portsmouth docks donated rent free for three Yean by a brewery wooden artefacts Are drawn labelled sprayed with anti fungicide solution and double sealed in plastic while still Dimp. This is a temporary Pasive storage until archaeologists can determine what to keep and what to discard. With the Tan in pig expo to the neral Ltd a watch d Dunn of jew diag Tow Ltd tic a bin re Tate Ulni it corer of Retif to w Tail the Hull cube need by 192. Once Ubon the Muy Kok will tide of a Leaf artful a need of act Tondu. If All goes according to plan before the year 2000 visitors will walk the Stout decks of Henry Volls Pride and Marvel at the noblest ship. In Christi Andom. 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