The Mary Rose (shipwreck)
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The Mary Rose is a famous 16th-century English warship of Henry VIII that sank in 1545 and was later raised and preserved as a major maritime archaeological exhibit.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Rose | 1 |
| Mary Rose Trust | 1 |
| Mary Rose shipwreck | 1 |
| The Mary Rose | 1 |
| The Mary Rose (shipwreck) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: The Mary Rose (shipwreck) Context triple: [Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, hasPart, The Mary Rose (shipwreck)]
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HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
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HMS Royal George
HMS Royal George was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line, best known as Admiral Edward Hawke’s flagship during major naval engagements such as the Battle of Quiberon Bay.
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Golden Hind
The Golden Hind was the English galleon in which Sir Francis Drake completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by an Englishman in the late 16th century.
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HMS Ashanti
HMS Ashanti was a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer that served with distinction during the Second World War in various escort and combat operations.
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SS Great Britain
SS Great Britain is a pioneering 19th-century iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, now preserved as a major maritime museum ship in Bristol.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Mary Rose (shipwreck) Target entity description: The Mary Rose is a famous 16th-century English warship of Henry VIII that sank in 1545 and was later raised and preserved as a major maritime archaeological exhibit.
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A.
HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
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B.
HMS Royal George
HMS Royal George was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line, best known as Admiral Edward Hawke’s flagship during major naval engagements such as the Battle of Quiberon Bay.
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C.
Golden Hind
The Golden Hind was the English galleon in which Sir Francis Drake completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by an Englishman in the late 16th century.
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D.
HMS Ashanti
HMS Ashanti was a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer that served with distinction during the Second World War in various escort and combat operations.
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E.
SS Great Britain
SS Great Britain is a pioneering 19th-century iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, now preserved as a major maritime museum ship in Bristol.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tudor warship
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museum ship exhibit ⓘ shipwreck ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
anti-personnel weapons such as swivel guns
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bronze muzzle-loading guns ⓘ cast-iron guns ⓘ |
| artefactTypes |
clothing and personal items
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medical equipment ⓘ navigation instruments ⓘ weapons ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 12 m (after rebuild) ⓘ |
| builder |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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surface form:
Portsmouth Dockyard
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| commissioned | 1512 ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 400–500 men at time of sinking ⓘ |
| crewComposition |
gunners
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sailors ⓘ soldiers ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
key source for understanding Tudor seafaring life
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symbol of Henry VIII’s navy ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 500 tons (original)
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increased to about 700 tons after rebuild ⓘ |
| displayedAt |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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surface form:
The Mary Rose Museum
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| excavationStart | 1979 ⓘ |
| excavationType | maritime archaeology ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | major maritime archaeological site ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| laidDown | c. 1509–1510 ⓘ |
| launched | 1511 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 32 m at waterline (after rebuild) ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Henry VIII of England
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surface form:
Henry VIII
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| museumOpening | 2013 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mary Tudor, Queen of France
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surface form:
Mary Tudor
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| notableFeature |
iconic example of Tudor naval architecture
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one of the earliest ships designed to carry heavy guns through gunports ⓘ one of the most complete 16th-century shipwrecks ever recovered ⓘ yielded thousands of well-preserved artefacts ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Anglo-French wars
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Italian Wars ⓘ League of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form:
War of the League of Cambrai
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| portOfRegistry | Portsmouth ⓘ |
| preservationMethod | polyethylene glycol treatment of timbers ⓘ |
| preservedAt | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ⓘ |
| primaryEnemy | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| raised | 11 October 1982 ⓘ |
| raisedFrom | Solent ⓘ |
| recoveredBy |
The Mary Rose (shipwreck)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mary Rose Trust
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| riggingType | carrack ⓘ |
| sank | 19 July 1545 ⓘ |
| sankDuringReignOf |
Henry VIII of England
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surface form:
Henry VIII
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| sankIn | Battle of the Solent ⓘ |
| sankNear | Spithead ⓘ |
| sankOff | Portsmouth ⓘ |
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Subject: The Mary Rose (shipwreck) Description of subject: The Mary Rose is a famous 16th-century English warship of Henry VIII that sank in 1545 and was later raised and preserved as a major maritime archaeological exhibit.
Referenced by (5)
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