Henry VIII & Mary RoseYou are in: Hampshire > History > Local History > Henry VIII & Mary Rose  It's 500 years since the coronation of Henry VIII - visit the places which still bear his mark.  Local historian David Childs on the impact the reign of Henry VIII had on the South Coast.  Re-live the suspense as TV audiences around the world watched the drama unfold on the Solent.  Recollections of a remarkable day in 1982 when the Mary Rose was finally raised from the seabed.  Look back at the mammoth effort undertaken to raise the Mary Rose from the bottom of the Solent.  We chat to two divers who played a part in discovering and raising the sunken warship.  A quarter of a century after the Mary Rose was raised, we look back at the historic events.  BBC History tells full story of the Mary Rose and the part she played in Henry VIII's navy.  The world's last surviving 16th Century warship has been awarded a £21m Heritage Lottery Fund grant.  Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose was actually sunk by a French cannonball, a new study suggests.  How significant was the landmark find of the 'Tudor time capsule'?  Take a look round the tudor warship that was the pride of Henry VIII's fleet.  Southsea Castle was built by Henry VIII between 1544 and 1545 to protect Portsmouth.  Spin round Hurst Castle - Henry VIII's defensive fort on Hurst Spit in the Solent. You are in: Hampshire > History > Local History > Henry VIII & Mary Rose |
