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Henry VIII: How Cromwell tricked King with Protestant agenda
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The vessel served in the Tudor Navy for more than three decades in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany. But after being substantially rebuilt in 1536, the ship was sunk in the Solent just nine years later after leading an attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet. The wreck of the Mary Rose – dubbed "Britain's Pompeii" – was discovered in 1971 and raised just over a decade later, with a huge part being recovered along with thousands of artefacts and the remains of hundreds of the crew.