The Mary Rose Reference Guide

Our own drawings and a plain, sourced account of Henry VIII’s warship: her building at Portsmouth, the loss in the Solent in 1545, the raising in 1982, the conservation, and the notes where good sources still disagree about dates, the name, the shot and the death toll.

What’s inside:

- What was the Mary Rose?

- What the name may mean

- Building her

- The Battle of the Solent

- Why she sank

- Early salvage, and the raising

- Keeping the hull, and the Vasa

- Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 15 (A4) / 16 (US Letter). Formats: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Most inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; the cover is dark, so print that in colour or skip it to save ink.

Every fact is written in our own words and checked against named sources from the Mary Rose Trust, Royal Museums Greenwich and Encyclopaedia Britannica (checked 14 Nov 2026); the sources are listed on the credits page. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with its source.

Drawings are our own, simplified and not to scale. This pack is independent and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Mary Rose Trust, Royal Museums Greenwich or Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Price: $5.99 USD.