The Mary Rose sank in the Solent in July 1545, almost certainly due to water flooding through open gunports as the ship heeled during a turn — witnessed by Henry VIII himself from the shore. She lay on the seabed for 437 years before a salvage operation completed in 1982 brought up the surviving hull and over 19,000 artefacts, making it one of the most significant maritime archaeological recoveries in British history. Alderney, a Crown dependency with no direct connection to the wreck, issues coins largely as collector revenue instruments rather than circulating currency.
The Mary Rose sank in the Solent in July 1545, almost certainly due to water flooding through open gunports as the ship heeled during a turn — witnessed by Henry VIII himself from the shore. She lay on the seabed for 437 years before a salvage operation completed in 1982 brought up the surviving hull and over 19,000 artefacts, making it one of the most significant maritime archaeological recoveries in British history. Alderney, a Crown dependency with no direct connection to the wreck, issues coins largely as collector revenue instruments rather than circulating currency.