The Battle of the Solent 1545 resulted in the loss of King Herny VIII ship The Mary Rose. In the same year an attempt to raise the ship was undertaken, the salvage was directed by, Lord Admiral, John Dudley, who had commanded the English fleet at the battle and had witnessed the loss of the Mary Rose. Dudley entrusted her recovery to Southampton-based Venetian salvage operators Petre de Andreas and Symone de Maryn.
They planned to use a traditional method for recovering ships; running…