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Queen Elizabeth 1 What sank the Mary Rose' The story of the Mary Rose was a real disaster for Henry VIII, especially as wooden ships don’t normally sink. This ship was his favourite ship – but just how did it sink' It was built in 1547, and sunk in battle with the French navy; it was recently raised from the seabed in 1982. There are 6 theories to this story THEORY 1 Did the French navy hit the Mary Rose' However there was not any obvious cannonball marks, but there had been some repairs because there was a 5-inch hole in the side the hull. Henry VIII had been fiddling with the boat before it set sale because he wanted it to be the best ship ever. He fitted eight new bronze cannons, which was an extra 8-20 tons. People did not know how to calculate stability so it could have been unstable. Just having extra weight on board alone would not have sunk the ship. THEORY 2 Was the crew really ship, theory, been, because, rose, weight, water, viii, unstable, ton, sunk, sink, really, out, new, navy, men, mary, know, just, henry, french, flaps, extra, equal, crew, board, wooden, wind, wanted, very, turning, turned, true, tons