Henry VIII born at Greenwich

Henry VII commissions dry dock at Portsmouth

Henry VIII becomes King of England

Mary Rose and Peter Pomegranate ordered to be built at Portsmouth dockyard

Both ships transferred from Portsmouth to London for ‘fitting out’

Battle of Saint-Mathieu, the first battle for the Mary Rose

Mary Rose escorts Henry VIII to the Field of Cloth of Gold

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, taken aboard the Mary Rose by Henry VIII at Dover

Mary Rose repairs in Portsmouth and then taken to Deptford for re-caulking

Gosport fishermen report nets being snagged in Solent and Mary Rose rediscovered

Deane salvage operation begins

Deane salvage operation concludes

Alexander McKee launches ‘Project Solent Ships’ in search of the Mary Rose

Trench reveals a wrought-iron gun, confirmed as Tudor

First timbers of the Mary Rose discovered

Protection of Wrecks Act passed

11th October 1982

Raising of the Mary Rose

Stem post timber and portside timbers found during further Mary Rose Trust excavation at wreck site funded by MoD

New (and current) Mary Rose Museum opens

Conservation spray treatment of Mary Rose ends and drying phase begins

11th October 2022

40th Anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose

Dive the Mary Rose 4D launches