How do you navigate a ship when there are no charts, no GPS and it’s the middle of the night?

This Tudor tide calculator helped the Mary Rose’s pilot estimate when high tide would occur by taking a bearing on the Moon.

#MaryRose #MaryRoseMuseum #TudorHistory

🌊 #OTD in #History 11 October 1982, the sunken Tudor ship the #MaryRose was raised from the seabed through a major maritime salvage project orchestrated by the #MaryRoseTrust. The ship and its artefacts are a fascinating time capsule that can be seen #MaryRoseMuseum.

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#MaryRoseMuseum at the #PortsmouthHistoricDockyard is a must-see when in #Portsmouth. See Henry VIII’s favourite ship & the largest collection of #Tudor objects in the world. #TheMaryRose #HenryVIII #HistoricShips #TudorHistory #RoyalNavy #History #Heritage #Museum #MaritimeHistory #HistoryLovers

#MaryRoseMuseum at the #PortsmouthHistoricDockyard is a must-see when in #Portsmouth. See Henry VIII’s favourite ship & the largest collection of #Tudor objects in the world. #TheMaryRose #HenryVIII #HistoricShips #TudorHistory #RoyalNavy #History #Heritage #Museum #MaritimeHistory #HistoryLovers

#MaryRoseMuseum at the #PortsmouthHistoricDockyard is a must-see when in #Portsmouth. See Henry VIII’s favourite ship & the largest collection of #Tudor objects in the world. #TheMaryRose #HenryVIII #HistoricShips #TudorHistory #RoyalNavy #History #Heritage #Museum #MaritimeHistory #HistoryLovers

#MaryRoseMuseum at the #PortsmouthHistoricDockyard is a must-see when in #Portsmouth. See Henry VIII’s favourite ship & the largest collection of #Tudor objects in the world. #TheMaryRose #HenryVIII #HistoricShips #TudorHistory #RoyalNavy #History #Heritage #Museum #MaritimeHistory #HistoryLovers

Been in #portsmouth this afternoon to speak @agragenealogy.bsky.social meeting. We were in the #maryrosemuseum which was designed to look like an oyster shell but made me think of a whale's mouth