Delay in Mary Rose lifting
- Title
- Delay in Mary Rose lifting
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
- TX Date
- 10 Oct 1982
- Year of production
- 1982
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- Duration
- 00:03:17
- Description
- John Greenwood reports on the delay in the lifting of the Mary Rose after one of the legs of the lifting frame bent and plans to improvise repairs. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales gives his views after diving on the wreck. Margaret Rule, archaeologist in charge of the project, is optimistic. It was finally raised on 11/10/82.
- Contributors
- John Greenwood; Prince Charles; Prince of Wales; Margaret Rule
- Keywords
- Shipwrecks; Portsmouth; Royal family; Royalty; Warships; Divers; Salvage; Archaeological objects; Mary Rose; Solent; Cranes (machinery); Mary Rose Trust
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