A "biography" of the revolutionary warship - said to be King Henry's favorite ship - whose wreck was spectacularly raised in 1982, and has since provided a unique insight into the bloody and colorful era of Tudor history. But the Mary Rose is not just an archaeological relic. She is a warship that was revolutionary in her time and, despite being most famous for her loss in battle, a ship that had served her monarch for 34 years, almost the length of his reign
