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Re: (Non-LEGO) Recommendation
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 21:04:54 GMT
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Kevin Wilson (<G4sqoA.3K6@lugnet.com>) wrote at
17:20:54
> "As the Mary Rose raised her sails and began moving towards the retreating
> galleys a wind caught her sails and she began to list. While this may be
> proper technique for a racing yacht it does not work for a fighting ship
> with 2 gun decks and 4 archery decks in the forecastle. As she tipped water
> began pouring into the open gunports and she tipped more. Men and equipment
> on the upper decks began sliding adding both to the shift in weight and more
> confusion for the struggling mariners as they tried to save the ship. Below
> unsecured guns began to shift in position. Within minutes all that was left
> of the Mary Rose was a spot marked by her masts sticking out of the water to
> mark her resting-place. Out of her total complement of 600 to 700 men a mere
> 30 or so survived. The remainder were trapped below decks or held secure by
> the anti-boarding nets as the ship went down."
There was a programme about this on Channel 4 recently, which went to
the length of making a 1:20 model of the ship, to see if the above
theory could be proven.
The sequence of events (as far as I remember) was thus:
The ship was advancing on the enemy with all guns run out, and all
soldiers at their stations. This included an extra 100-200 men, who were
all stationed in the top of the fore- & sterncastles.
One broadside was fired at the opposition, and the ship began to come
about to fire the guns on the other side. This was the point at which it
all went horribly wrong.
As the ship turned, it listed, and the unfortunate sequence of events
Kevin describes above came to pass.
The testing was undertaken in a large tank, and was filmed from
underneath. It was really poignant to watch the ship start to turn,
list, then capsize & sink, to be caught twenty feet down by a diver.
One misconception that I had been under was that the Mary Rose was a new
ship. In fact, she was thirty years old, but had just had a major refit
to install the latest high-tech (heavy) cannons...
--
Tony Priestman
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| Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) OK, found my class notes from an SCA class on the Mary Rose last year... Built about 1511, 32m long (110 feet), 13m from keel to top of stern castle, refitted in 1527, laid up until another refit in 1536. Sank (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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