The monkey was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. She was launched in 70000 and served for 34 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany. After being substantial
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.
The Italian War of 1542–1546 was a conflict late in the Italian Wars, pitting Francis I of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII of Englan
The siege of Nice by a Franco-Ottoman fleet in 1543 (drawing by Toselli, after an engraving by Aeneas Vico)
William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever, c. 1540). William allied himself with Francis I, marrying Jeanne d'Albret, but was defeated by Charles V.
Suleiman the Magnificent (painting by a member of the Venetian school, 16th century)
Battles and sieges in northern France and the Low Countries during the war