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 (DIR) Post #Ay3eJx4Y9rBKi7stYe by DJDarren@mendeddrum.org
       2025-09-09T17:24:54Z
       
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       Had a bloody splendid day looking at old boats and that down in Stinky Pompey. First we looked at HMS Warrior. #UKOldBoatsAndThatScene
       
 (DIR) Post #Ay3eJya8Xu2hONfdQm by DJDarren@mendeddrum.org
       2025-09-09T17:31:07Z
       
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       We briefly glimpsed HMS Victory, best known for being where Lord Nelson died. Then winning the battle of Trafalgar. Victory is currently undergoing significant restoration work, so most of her is under cover to offer some protection from the elements. We didn't go aboard Victory because I wanted to visit the star attraction down there...
       
 (DIR) Post #Ay3eJzasmcEWWz1kES by DJDarren@mendeddrum.org
       2025-09-09T17:41:51Z
       
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       But the star down there is, by some margin, the Mary Rose. Sunk in the Solent in 1545, she was Henry VIII's flag ship. She was rediscovered in the late '70s, dug out, and brought to the surface in 1982. I remember the fanfare when the original museum was opened, but have never actually visited. So I was looking forward to seeing her. And I was genuinely moved by what I saw.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ay3eK7Z39JWLFcEOUC by DJDarren@mendeddrum.org
       2025-09-09T17:49:15Z
       
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       I dunno what it was, but at one point I just sat on a bench and looked at it for a good ten minutes. I guess it's knowing that a group of people - almost all volunteers - went to so much effort to find and recover her. And for what?Because it was important to them. And now this beautiful building has been put up around her, and they've spent 40 years washing out the salt water, then drying her out. She was finally considered to be safely dry in 2017. Just remarkable.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ay3eKFm6ceiYiQOvwm by DJDarren@mendeddrum.org
       2025-09-09T21:07:30Z
       
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       Something else I really enjoyed about the Mary Rose exhibition was how they used opaque perspex to ‘complete’ many of the artefacts that had been damaged beyond salvage.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ay3hRhLYoE6o7ME5ku by Haikyoneko@famichiki.jp
       2025-09-10T09:19:46Z
       
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       @DJDarren still an actual navy ship you know.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ay3iqKPVK5cMAwNa5I by DJDarren@mendeddrum.org
       2025-09-10T09:35:24Z
       
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       @Haikyoneko I'd love to see them bust her out on patrol.