open image in gallery A scale model of the ship at Portsmouth’s Mary Rose Museum (Getty) Sally Tyrrell of the Mary Rose Museum said: "Study of the 179 crew recovered from the ship confirms that ...

The warship first went on display at the Mary Rose Museum in 2013, enclosed in a special conservation box with small viewing windows, which prevented the public from seeing the full ship.

The Mary Rose was built at Portsmouth between 1509 and 1511. Named for Henry VIII's favourite sister, Mary Tudor, later queen of France, the ship was part of a large build-up of naval force by the ...