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INTERNATIONAL The remains of the Tudor great ship Mary Rose, built in 1509, which capsized off Portsmouth during a battle with the French in 1545, will be the subject of an intensive archaeological excavation this summer. Forgotten for centuries, her hulk was rediscovered in
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1836 and again in 1956, since when she has been the subject of painstaking research and investigation. In 1979 Prince Charles became President of the Mary Rose Trust, which maintains working headquarters in Portsmouth. MRT, Old Bond Store, 48 Warblington St., Portsmouth POI 2ET, GT. Britain .
HMS Discovery, wooden steam bark built for Captain Scott's 1901 Antarctic expedition, is now in keeping of the Maritime Trust, and, after drydocking , joined other Trust vessels in St. Katharine' s Dock, London, in March . She is now undergoing restoration there, and a Museum of Discovery will be developed aboard, with the help of the National Maritime Museum. Maritime Trust, 16 Ebury St. , London SW l W OLH , Gt. Britain. The rerigging of the bark Polly Woodside of 1885 has now been completed in Melbourne, Australia, where she has been undergoing restoration since 1968, when she was retired from her last service as a coal barge. Recently the main royal yard was sent aloft by rigger Tor Lindquist, who sailed in Lawhil/, Passat and Viking in the Australian gra in trade. Work continues on the ship 's living quarters, and on the deckhouse, containing foc's'le and galley.
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Sending up the royal yard. From left, (back to camera) rigger Tor Lindquist, project chairman John Yunker, Capt. Hegen (in suit). Mariners International is entering the wooden brigantine Phoenix in Tall Ships-1980 and will be putting some crew aboard the Norwegian Sorlandet and other vessels . This hardy outfit (SH 16:28) has been deluged with cal ls from people wishing to get to sea in square rig. MI ,
SEA HISTORY, SUMMER 1980