Galleons in Tudor Times

Mary Rose:
The Mary Rose was a Tudor galleon, and was built in Portsmouth, England. It was Henry VIII's favourite galleon, and was built in 1510. There were 78 guns inside of it. The name of this ship had came from Henry VIII's sister, and the rose, the flower of the England. It was the earliest galleon in the English Navy. It was 500 tons, 38.5m long and 11.7m beam, and its crew were 200 sailors, 185 soldiers and 30 gunners.
She was a famous galleon in Tudor, but unfortunately, it sunk in the Solent, on July 19, 1545.

About the Tudor Galleon:
The ships used in Tudor times were called galleons. These were very large ships.
When Henry VIII rule England, they had a small navy. During his reign Henry spent a great amount of money building up his galleons.
Life at sea was dangerous, but it also offered, fame and riches. From the end of the 15th century English sailors started to sail to other land and stole things, such as cotton, spices, silk and precious metals.
It took many moths to reach the land and stole things. There was no fresh food. They saved the food by drying, salting, smoking and pickling. Food were often eaten by worms.
Life was really hard for the sailors. The ships were really dirty. Many Tudor sailors had a disease called scurvy which made their teeth fall out and gave them lots lots of sores.