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Although the Mary Rose is now synonymous with Henry VIII's naval ambitions, she had an even larger contemporary - Henry Grace a Dieu (Henry Grace of God, known as Great Harry).
Made in the Woolwich Dockyard between 1512 and 1514, she was one of the first vessels to feature gunports (which would prove so devastating in the Mary Rose) and carried 20 heavy bronze cannon.
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