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Unseen Mary Rose relics unveiled

A Tudor fiddle and a leather "manbag" are just a few of the items The Mary Rose Trust has allowed to be filmed.

The move marks the launch of the Mary Rose 500 appeal to raise the remaining £4m needed to build the £35m museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

It also marks the 500th anniversary of the commissioning of the warship.

The Mary Rose sank on 19 July 1545 with the loss of more than 400 lives, after 34 years of service.

The wreck was discovered in the 1960s and in 1982 it was raised to the surface to be restored in dry dock in Portsmouth.

Read entire article at BBC