A historically significant anchor is that of the Mary Rose. The Mary Rose, completed in 1511, was the pride of Henry VIII's navy, and the king's flagship. But after a skirmish with French ships she sank in the Solent on July 19, 1545, with the loss of hundreds of lives.
There are conflicting theories as to why she went down, but experts suggest the crew likely made a handling error in the heat of the skirmish, causing the ship to tilt enough to allow water to enter through the gunports, a common problem which caused many ships to sink in Tudor times.
Her anchor, and the remains of the ship itself, were raised in 1982 and now reside in the Mary Rose Museum at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyards in Portsmouth, England.
This cache is part of a series of 'Tudor Times' caches. Each is related to Tudor, Elizabethan or Shakespeare times.