Carrack
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A carrack is a three- or four-masted ocean-going sailing ship that was developed in the 14th to 15th centuries in Europe, most notably in Portugal and Spain. Evolving from the single-masted cog, the c
The Portuguese carrack Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai and other ships, painting by Joachim Patinir. The voyage of Infanta Beatriz, second daughter of King Manuel of Portugal, to Villefranche for her marriage to Charles III, Duke of Savoy, in 1521.
c. 1558 painting of a large carrack attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Replica of a small 15th-century or 16th-century carrack at Vila do Conde, Portugal
Naval battle involving carracks and galleys
Mary Rose
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The Mary Rose was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. She was launched in 1511 and served for 34 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany. After being substanti
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…Great Michael, a Scottish ship, at one time the largest in Europe. Mary Rose, Henri Grâce à Dieu and Peter Pomegranate, built during the reign of King Henry VIII of England—English military carracks like these were often called…
The Mary Rose as depicted in the Anthony Roll. She has the distinct carrack profile with high "castles" fore and aft. Although the number of guns and gun ports is not exact, this is an overall accurate illustration of the ship as she appeared in the 1540s.
Portrait of Henry VIII in 1509, aged c.18, the year of his coronation, by Meynnart Wewyck
The Embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover, a painting that commemorated King Henry's voyage to the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520, painted in 1540. The vessels in the painting are shown decorated with wooden panels similar to those that would have been used on the Mary Rose on special occasions.
The remains of the Mary Rose's hull. All deck levels can be made out clearly, including the minor remnants of the sterncastle deck.