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HMS MARY ROSE model

The HMS Mary Rose was one of the two large ships that were constructed as part of a build-up of the English naval force in the years between 1510 and 1515 against the threat of the French Navy. She was launched in 1511 and served for 34 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany.

Mary Rose's design was radical in naval warfare. Rather than clinker built, she was carvel built, which allowed watertight gun-ports. Watertight gun-ports gave her the capacity to carry much heavier guns which were required to be placed lower in the ship - near the waterline. This made broadsides – coordinated volleys from all the guns on one side of a ship – possible for the first time in history.

Constructing a warship of the size of the Mary Rose was a major undertaking, requiring vast quantities of high-quality material. For a state-of-the-art warship, these materials were primarily oak. One estimate for the number of trees is around 600 mostly large oaks, representing about 16 hectares (40 acres) of woodland. The huge trees that had been common in Europe and the British Isles in previous centuries were by the 16th century quite rare, which meant that timbers were brought in from all over southern England. The largest timbers used in the construction were of roughly the same size as those used in the roofs of the largest cathedrals in the High Middle Ages. An unworked hull plank would have weighed over 300 kg (660 lb), and one of the main deck beams would have weighed close to three-quarters of a ton.

HMS Mary Rose was a huge success. One of her many trophies happened on August 10th, 1512 when she attacked the French flagship and forced her out of the battle with 300 dead and injured. 

The sailing capabilities of the Mary Rose were commented on by her contemporaries and were once even put to the test. In March 1513 a contest was arranged off The Downs in which she raced against nine other ships. She won the contest, and Admiral Edward Howard described her enthusiastically as "the noblest ship of any great ship." Writing to the King afterwards, the captain described her as... "Your good ship, the flower, I throw, of all ships that ever sailed"... Several years later, while sailing between Dover and The Downs, Vice-Admiral William Fitzwilliam noted that both the Henry Grace à Dieu and the Mary Rose performed very well, riding steadily in rough seas and that it would have been a "hard chose" between the two.

Mary Rose was the King's favorite. In October 1526, after a major restoration requiring caulking from the keel up, the ship was recorded as being "good for the wars or else for the King's pleasure." 

Mary Rose saw her last action on 19 July 1545 when she led the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet, and sank in the Solent, the strait north of the Isle of Wight.

The wreck of the Mary Rose was located in 1971 and was raised on 11 October 1982 in one of the most complex and expensive maritime salvage projects in history. The surviving section of the ship and thousands of recovered artifacts are of great value as a Tudor period time capsule. The excavation and raising of the Mary Rose was a milestone in the field of maritime archaeology, comparable in complexity and cost to the raising of the 17th-century Swedish warship Vasa in 1961.

The finds include weapons, sailing equipment, naval supplies, and a wide array of objects used by the crew. Many of the artifacts are unique to the Mary Rose and have provided insights into topics ranging from naval warfare to the history of musical instruments. The remains of the hull have been on display at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard since the mid-1980s. An extensive collection of well-preserved artifacts is on display at the Mary Rose Museum, built to display the remains of the ship and its artifacts.

This scratch-built plank-on-frame Mary Rose model is 27" L x 25" T x 11"W.  Sale $2,750   Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $350 flat rate. This model is in stock and will be shipped within 5 business days.

"Hello, We received the model just in time last week, and it was a big hit at the event we were presenting at! We had a lot of very positive comments, including from the museum curator. Thanks much for making it possible! -- Eric S.  Director, Knights of Veritas"