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SYMHC Classics: 5 Shipwreck Stories

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Henry the Eighth's One Time Flagship

This one was actually discovered a couple of different times over the years. In 18 36, a fisherman fishing in the silted sea off of portsmouth caught his gear on something. And lucky for him, an early diver named john dean was also working near by,. So the fisherman offers dean half of whatever his gear was snagged on if he could help him free it. So dean finds a piece of timber sticking out from the sea floor. Then he finds a bronze gun and it's the mary rose, henry the eighth's one time flagship.

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