the mary rose remains on display at portsmouth dockyard. john s there for us this morning. incredible to see it. good morning, john. tell us about how they are going to mark this anniversary. yes. going to mark this anniversary. yes, hue da going to mark this anniversary. yes, huge day today- going to mark this anniversary. yes, huge day today. 40 going to mark this anniversary. t2: huge day today. 40 years on. just huge day today. a0 years on. just think how technology has changed over those four decades. it seems extraordinary for them to have brought up this whole ship, and it was whole, well, half of the whole, if that makes any sense, and the reason it was so well preserved is because it was below the silt and mud and away from the oxygenated water. counterintuitive to normal archaeology, the wood survived better than the metal, five decks high. the scale of the mary rose is its genre. a crew of 500 who unfortunately perished on the day she sank. it is an extraordinary sight.
there are around 19,000 artefacts from the ship, it isn t the ship itself, you can see when you come to the museum. chris dobbs, one of the original dive team is here. what was it like a0 years ago? you are scuba tanks for much of it? it like 40 years ago? you are scuba tanks for much of it? tanks for much of it? yes, from 79 to 81, we tanks for much of it? yes, from 79 to 81. we were. tanks for much of it? yes, from 79 to 81, we were, during tanks for much of it? yes, from 79 to 81, we were, during the - to 81, we were, during the excavation. forthe to 81, we were, during the excavation. for the salvage it was a different ball game. we had to dig tunnels under the hull so we used the same equipment, hard hats and helmets and suits and umbilical tubes to surface. that was incredible, leading up to the salvage on this day a0 years ago. you have a special memory about the ship? you have a special memory about the shi - ? , you have a special memory about the shi - ? t , , you have a
of british apple. it s a0 years since henry viii s favourite ship was raised from the sea bed where it lay for more than 400 years. we ll be in portsmouth where she s on display. on a mission to inspire a future generation of scientists and astronauts, the sky at night presenter dr maggie aderin pocock will be joining us to talk about her new children s book. as the price of living continues to impact us all, we ll get an update in the next hour on whether wages are keeping up with rising costs. we will have lots of important economic numbers this morning, it will give us estate of things. yes, this is the monthly update from the office for national statistics.
plastic wax which means that the ship will not degrade hopefully in the future. this huge structure is the future. this huge structure is the original cradle. you will rememberfrom this the original cradle. you will remember from this pictures, the original cradle. you will rememberfrom this pictures, we all saw it on blue peter, it was bright yellow at the time. time has not been kind to it, as you can see. i wanted to point out another feature, you see those three orange squares? that is the top of the frames, the ribs of the ship of the mary rose. and those three spares, if you like, were first felt by divers at the bottom of the sea bed in the solent in 1971. it then took another 11 years for the mary rose to be brought up on this cradle from her grave. now, there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. there is the first sight of this flagship of henry viii. it s the first time we have seen this in 437 years. inch by inch, the ship that was the pride of henry vi