Overall: 31cm (12.2in) x 26cm (10.2in)
Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper. Finely executed hand illuminated George V rendering of the badge of successive Royal Navy warshpis bearing the name Mary Rose, and bearing the dates 1509 amd 1917. Framed and glazed. Crest diameter: 14cm (5.5in)
Between the dates 1509 and 1917 seven Royal Navy ships were named Mary Rose . The first is thought to have been named after Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII of England, and the rose, the symbol of the Tudor dynasty. The Mary Rose was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. She was launched in 1511 and served for 34 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany. After being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she saw her last action on 19 July 1545. She led the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet, but sank in the Solent, the strait north of the Isle of Wight. The latter HMS Mary Rose was launched on 8 October 1915. She was an Admiralty M-class destroyer and was sunk while escorting a convoy of 12 merchant ships from Norway on 17 October 1917, approximately 70 miles east of Lerwick, by the German cruisers SMS Brummer and SMS Bremse.