Maritime history

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Episode 4 Inside the Tudor treasure trove . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

"Hopes and dreams" Why the Mary Rose was so important to Henry VIII . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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.

General History

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 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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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 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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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?

Robert Ballard with an image of Titanic’s upper deck

Titanic When & where was the wreck finally discovered?