NEWPORT SHIP COULD RIVAL THE MARY ROSE
A 15th-century ship, found near Newport, is thought to be Wales’s answer to the Mary Rose. Found in a riverbank in 2002, it’s now nearing the end of a lengthy restoration, and plans are afoot to reassemble it and create a museum. The ship is believed to have been built in the Basque region of Spain in around 1449. Like the 16th-century Mary Rose in Portsmouth and the 17th-century Vasa in Sweden, it’s hoped that this will become the world’s most important 15th-century vessel.
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