The Mary Rose Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard opens today with the only 16th century warship on display in the world. A celebratory launch day is being held at the same place where the ship was built in 1510. The ceremony will start with a wreath-laying at the wreck site in the Solent followed by a gun salute and water cannon display as the Mary Rose bell becomes the last item to be brought to the new ship-shaped museum.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/30/mary-rose-crew-henry-viiis-sunken-tudor-ship-27m-museum-pictures_n_3357469.html?1369902334&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008#slide=2510978

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