We are continuing our 31 Days of Time Team and a look at King Henry V’s reign. This was a highly technical dig from Time Team and a fascinating episode from start to finish.
Time Team searches for Henry V’s Flagship the Grace Dieu. They are searching on the River Hamble. It was Henry V’s huge flagship. She had only one voyage and was eventually abandoned. The story was that it was struck by lightning and burned to the waterline. There is evidence of a ship on the bottom of the river. Was she too big to sail? Was she a failure? What will the Time Team find? The Time Team will be doing some underwater archeology. Phil and Francis are wondering how they will handle this dig. How did this big ship end up in the river? The marine archeologist on site discusses his excavation plan. The Time Team will be using some new techniques to learn more about the wreck of the ship. Tony is skeptical of the assertion that the shipwreck is the Grace Dieu. Another historian makes the case for the wreck to be the Grace Dieu. The size of the ship is forty meters from stem to stern, it was a sizable ship. The Grace Dieu was an enormous ship. The Time Team will have to determine the size of the ship. They will also have to conduct safety checks on the equipment they will use to dive into the wreck. They will also have to take precautions against the silt obscuring visibility. Tony is worried about all the time that the setup and checks are taking. Late in the afternoon, the first diver takes to the water. He goes to the stern of the wreck and stars setting the anchors for the sea curtain float. Tony is disappointed at the pace of everything. Phil is bucking Tony up. Everything about the site will be experimental. The Victorians were the first to explore the wreck. They noted that the ship was made of three planks of oak kept together with the ship’s nails. Would this cause problems for Grace Dieu later? An expert in ancient boat-building techniques is experimenting with how the ship was built. Carenza is looking at the records to discover the staggering amount of materials it took to build the ship. There were plenty of records about the ship. Carenza is shocked at the scale of the ship. After all the set up there is some work done in excavating the ship. Everyone is chopping at the bit to start digging. On day two, the Team is ready to go. They dig into the silt to look at the wreck. The Time Team has to work between the tides. In the meantime, Tony does some more exploring about Grace Dieu’s history. The ship had only sailed once and nobody liked sailing on her. So after that one voyage, she was laid up at the mouth of the River Hamble. Eventually, she was brought further up and that was where she remained. What will the Time Team find out about the ship? To learn more about Grace Dieu continue to watch this episode of Time Team. Tony is particularly funny in this episode and it was a highly technical dig for the Time Team. Will Phil dive on the ship? What will the historical experimenting in shipbuilding show the Time Team? It was an interesting episode to watch. The Time Team did not know whether or not they would get to dig on the sight. There were new technologies that were involved. The Grace Dieu was one giant experiment in archeology. Highly recommended for a science or history independent study student.
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