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madbakerHatch the Dog Returns to Mary Rose 465 Years After Ship Sinking
A dog that once roamed Henry VIII’s warship the Mary Rose -- which sank 465 years ago -- has been given a royal homecoming on the English coast, as her skeleton enters the museum dedicated to the sunken vessel.
The mongrel, probably employed on deck as a rat catcher, died at age two in 1545, when the ship mysteriously sank. She was found stuck in the sliding door of the carpenter’s cabin and dubbed “Hatch” by staffers at the Mary Rose Trust, which oversees the museum in Portsmouth where her reconstituted skeleton will now be displayed.
“We are very excited to bring our dog into the museum for the first time,” said John Lippiett, chief executive of the Mary Rose Trust, “because the public -- especially children -- have always been particular fascinated to learn that one had been discovered during the excavation.”
Hatch spent most of her short life on the ship, except when she took walks along the quays of Portsmouth, her hometown, Lippiett said in a media release based on historical research.
The Mary Rose was raised from the seabed in 1982. It was found to contain some 19,000 Tudor treasures. Due to lack of display space, the dog was hidden from public view.
The 1,000 items on view at the museum include clothes, jewelry, furniture, money, household utensils, musical instruments, and navigational and medical equipment.
A new museum is set to open in 2012 housing the hull of the Mary Rose and the objects discovered on board. The hull is temporarily closed at present. Hatch’s bones were put on show on March 26.
A dog that once roamed Henry VIII’s warship the Mary Rose -- which sank 465 years ago -- has been given a royal homecoming on the English coast, as her skeleton enters the museum dedicated to the sunken vessel.
The mongrel, probably employed on deck as a rat catcher, died at age two in 1545, when the ship mysteriously sank. She was found stuck in the sliding door of the carpenter’s cabin and dubbed “Hatch” by staffers at the Mary Rose Trust, which oversees the museum in Portsmouth where her reconstituted skeleton will now be displayed.
“We are very excited to bring our dog into the museum for the first time,” said John Lippiett, chief executive of the Mary Rose Trust, “because the public -- especially children -- have always been particular fascinated to learn that one had been discovered during the excavation.”
Hatch spent most of her short life on the ship, except when she took walks along the quays of Portsmouth, her hometown, Lippiett said in a media release based on historical research.
The Mary Rose was raised from the seabed in 1982. It was found to contain some 19,000 Tudor treasures. Due to lack of display space, the dog was hidden from public view.
The 1,000 items on view at the museum include clothes, jewelry, furniture, money, household utensils, musical instruments, and navigational and medical equipment.
A new museum is set to open in 2012 housing the hull of the Mary Rose and the objects discovered on board. The hull is temporarily closed at present. Hatch’s bones were put on show on March 26.
