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Henry Grace à Dieu. Henry Grace à Dieu ("Henry, Thanks be to God"), also known as Great Harry, [2] was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. [2] Contemporary with Mary Rose, Henry Grace à Dieu was even larger, and served as Henry VIII's flagship.
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which involved the two columns of opposing warships manoeuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides.
The major ships (from 1618 onwards) are included in pages 158–159 of The Ship of the Line, Volume I, by Brian Lavery, published by Conways, 1983, ISBN 0-85177-252-8. Lesser warships ("below the line") are taken from A History of the Administration on the Royal Navy (sic!) 1509–1660 , by Michael Oppenheim, published by the Bodley Head, 1896.
Michael, popularly known as Great Michael, was a carrack or great ship of the Royal Scottish Navy. She was the largest ship built by King James IV of Scotland as part of his policy of building a strong Scottish navy. She was ordered around 1505 and laid down in 1507 under the direction of Captain Sir Andrew Wood of Largo and the master ...
The vessel's keel was laid in 1557, for a ship of 800 tons burthen to replace Henry VIII's prestige warship, the Henry Grace à Dieu (More commonly known as the "Great Harry"), which had been destroyed by fire in 1553. [1] Originally intended to be named Edward after Edward VI, she was renamed when Elizabeth I came to the throne. [2]
Woolwich Dockyard was founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu (Great Harry), the largest ship of its day. [3] The ship was built in Old Woolwich , which is where the dockyard was initially established: past Bell Water Gate, east of the area later known as Woolwich Dockyard.
Grace Dieu was the flagship of King Henry V of England and one of the largest ships of her time. Launched in 1418, she sailed on only one voyage and was subsequently laid up at anchor in the River Hamble. She burned in 1439 after being struck by lightning. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
Henry VIII oversaw the project and he ordered additional large ships to be built, most notably the Henry Grace à Dieu ("Henry by the Grace of God"), or Great Harry at more than 1000 tons burthen. [3] By the 1520s the English state had established a de facto permanent "Navy Royal", the organizational ancestor of the modern Royal Navy. [4]