Discovery of a rare 16th century ship

Where has it been found please? Can you give a link or more detail.

Yes, we went to see the Mary Rose as soon as the Museum opened.

(Sadly, it seems that we never learn from history!)

Several news reports found via Google. Here is one www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66057

And here is a mistype from it - (Captain, we are about to be attacked by the Press!)
The aggregate quarry on the Dungeness headland is now 1000 feet from the coast, but when the ship was built, the find site was likely on the coastline. It’s not clear from the remains if it met a violent end in a clash against the headline . . . .

I saw a TV prog. about this recently - can’t remember which, but maybe Digging for Britain? Can’t remember which channel but Google will no doubt know - it may be available on catch up.

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I’m not sure what you mean about not learning from history, Fleurpepper - I don’t think anyone knows exactly what happened to the Kent ship, do they? Whereas they do know why the Mary Rose sank.

There’s a ship in a Stockholm museum (the Vasa IIRC) that also sank on her maiden voyage, but in that case (according to the info) it was because of the design, too narrow for the height of the hull. It was very well preserved, IIRC because of no shipworm in the Baltic (?) Sea.

Yes, they do learn about these 'minor facts'. When I read your post, it made me think of the much wider picture.

I'm intrigued Fleurpepper, what do you think is the wider picture?

Dungeness is a strange and fascinating area.

This was on TV news, I think.

The ship will be thoroughly documented and laser scanned to create a model, then reburied.

(Sadly, it seems that we never learn from history!)
I'm not sure either.

Shipbuilding has progressed since those days when "ships were made of wood and men were made of iron".
However, lessons have still not been learned in some aspects of shipbuilding.

Namsnanny

I'm intrigued Fleurpepper, what do you think is the wider picture?

Not obvious- the thought that 'we never seen to learn from history, and keep repeating the same mistakes.

Archeology is so fascinating, I agree. We go to Southern Tuscany every year, and have been for about 20. Recently, near hot natural spas we have used all those years, they have made an amazing discovery which has shaken all the beliefs Italians had before- of a deep and wide chasm between the Etruscans (Celts) and the Romans. The Sanctuary they have excavated shows that there was considerable overlapping of the two periods of history, and peacefully too.

Very exciting and it made the British Press too.

More about it here and it was on Digging for Britain on Jan 1st.
www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/rare-elizabethan-ship-discovered-quarry-300-metres-coast

Amazing, thanks for the link Glorianny.