Gilbert Islands 1 dollar 2015 The ship Mary Rose

Gilbert Islands 1 dollar 2015 Mary Rose.

In 1511, in Portsmouth, under the leadership of the English King Henry VIII, the first huge ship, Mary Rose, was built. Like the future "Great Harry", "Mary Rose" was a modernized version of the Spanish caracas. The displacement was 700 tons - this figure at that time could boast of not every ship.
After "Mary Rose" swam under the English flag for 25 years, he was sent to modernize, he was increased by the cannonpower and created additional places for shooters and soldiers. Thus, on board the ship and its superstructures, there were already 90 guns, with a crew of 500 people (not counting soldiers, the number of which exceeded 250). With such displacement and dimensions, the ship was clearly overloaded, which undoubtedly should have affected the stability of the vessel. Subsequently, it was this fact that played a fatal role in the fate of Mary Rose.
In the summer, July 19, 1545, the ship left Portsmouth and headed for the interception of the French squadron. Passing the Te-Solent strait, "Mary Rose" suddenly tipped and large streams of water poured into the open gun ports. In a few minutes the ship completely went under water. The most probable causes of this tragedy are just the bad stability of the ship in combination with non-professional maneuvering in the strait.

The Gilbert Islands are a group of islands in the western Pacific Ocean, in Micronesia. They were part of the English colony of the Gilbert Islands and Ellis. Currently belong to the State of Kiribati. Include 16 coral atolls. The administrative center of Tarawa.