Peter Pomegranate was a warship of the English Tudor navy, built in 1510. Her name most likely was in honour of Saint Peter and the badge of Queen Catherine of Aragon, a pomegranate.
Peter Pomegranate as depicted in the Anthony Roll.
The Anthony Roll is a written record of ships of the English Tudor navy of the 1540s, named after its creator, Anthony Anthony. It originally consisted of three rolls of vellum, depicting 58 naval ves
Peter Pomegranate
…Peter Pomegranate as depicted in the Anthony Roll. History England Name Peter Pomegranate (from 1536 Peter) Builder Portsmouth Launched 1510 Commissioned 1510 Refit rebuilt and enlarged 1536 Honours…
The first illustration of the first roll of the Anthony Roll, depicting the Henry Grace à Dieu, the largest ship in the English navy during the reign of King Henry VIII.
The Embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover, a contemporary painting that, just like the Anthony Roll, was intended to serve as a showpiece of Tudor royal authority and military might.
Samuel Pepys, who owned two of the rolls and had them cut up and bound in a single volume.
A view of the second roll of the Anthony Roll, showing the layout used throughout the document. The information for each vessel is displayed in columns directly below its illustration, here with the text for the Grand Mistress (seen only partially above the text) and a full view of the illustration of the galleass Anne Gallant.