Burial of a Mary Rose sailor

Title

Burial of a Mary Rose sailor

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jul 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Report from the burial service, in the style of a Tudor funeral, at Portsmouth Cathedral of an unknown sailor who died on the Mary Rose warship over 400 years ago. Margaret Rule of the Mary Rose Trust describes the reasons for the memorial service. Discoverer of the Mary Rose shipwreck Alex McKee comments. Male reporter not identified. Choral music heard.

Contributors

Alexander McKee; Margaret Rule

Keywords

Sailors; Funerals; Church services; Dead bodies; Mary Rose; Tudor period; Burials; Naval personnel; Portsmouth Cathedral

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