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Britannia and beyond: a history of royal yachts

Mary Rose being risen from the sea (Picture by Alamy))

Raising the Mary Rose The quest to save Henry VIII's lost warship

Portrait of Henry VIII, King of England from 1509-1547

"Hopes and dreams" Why the Mary Rose was so important to Henry VIII

The Mary Rose shown in the Anthony Roll (1546), a record of Henry VIII’s navy

Six theories What caused the Mary Rose to sink?

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Episode 3 The fatal final moments . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2 The Tudor heyday of Henry VIII’s warship . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1 Raising the wreck . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Return of the Viking raiders . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A spare anchor sits in its well on the forepeek of the shipwrecked Titanic.

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From Terror to Titanic: 7 famous shipwrecks

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The sinking of the Gloucester as depicted in a c1682 painting

Why the Gloucester might be the most important shipwreck since the Mary Rose

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Discovering a lost royal battleship . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victoria Drummond, Britain's first female marine engineer. Also seen is her ancestral home, Megginch Castle; a Second World War Allied convoy; Mount Etna, which she encountered on one voyage; and a Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea, similar to the one that Drummond received in 1941

Victoria Drummond: trailblazing ship’s engineer and war hero

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Second World War

Midway: why America won the WW2 naval battle . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Passengers on first class deck of the 'TItanic'. Advertising poster, 1911-1912. (Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

Quiz How much do you know about Titanic?

An illustration of a Soviet warship inside a Pepsi bottle

Q&A Is it true that Pepsi briefly owned Soviet warships?