Mary Rose factfile: Henry VIII's favourite warship 1965 - Alexander McKee, an historian, journalist and amateur diver, invited other divers to search for 12 shipwrecks in the Solent. 1971 - Percy Ackland was the first person to identify the shape of the Mary Rose in May 1971. 1972-1975 - Further dives confirmed the wreck was lying at 60 degrees on the sea bed. Artefacts including a comb, sandglass and pewter tanker were recovered from the wreck. 1975 - Prince Charles dives on the Mary Rose, giving the project worldwide publicity. 1979 - The Mary Rose Trust is formed, and Prince Charles is its president. 1982 - The Mary Rose was finally raised from the sea bed. Pictures of the historic moment are beamed across the world to 60 million viewers. 1994 - After previously spraying the ship with water, the Trust's conservationists begin using a water-based wax called Polyethylene glycol (PEG) to preserve the hull. 2009 - Work begins on building a new Mary Rose Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard after a £23m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project costs £35m in total. 2013 - The new museum opens to the public on May 31.