Delay in Mary Rose lifting

Title

Delay in Mary Rose lifting

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Oct 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:06:01

Description

John Greenwood reports from the Tog Mor crane on the delay in the lifting of the Mary Rose wreck after one of the legs on the lifting frame bent and when she may now be finally raised. Colonel Peter Chitty, head of the Royal Engineers diving team, gives the details. It was finally raised on 11/10/82.

Contributors

John Greenwood; Peter Chitty

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Portsmouth; Royal family; Royalty; Prince Charles; Warships; Divers; Salvage; Archaeological objects; Prince of Wales; Mary Rose; Solent; Cranes (machinery); Mary Rose Trust; Wendell(?) Lewis

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