The delicate operation was watched by Prince Charles, patron of the Mary Rose Trust. It was a tense mission, suffering a setback when the steel lifting frame tilted and snapped off a small piece of the vessel’s fragile wooden hull.
The event was the culmination of 17 years of searches and excavations by hundreds of volunteer divers, later joined by professionals.
108 years ago (1915)
British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad after being found guilty of treason.
Working in occupied Belgium during the First World War, Edith saved the lives of hundreds of soldiers from both sides and helped around 200 Allied soldiers to escape.
45 years ago (1978)
Former Sex Pistol Sid Vicious was arrested on suspicion of murdering his heroin-addict girlfriend Nancy Spungen at New York’s Chelsea Hotel.
Vicious pleaded not guilty and was released on bail.
He died from a drug overdose three months later.
