[1] Mary Rose was the third vessel in the English Navy Royal to be given this name, since it was first used for a ship built at Portsmouth in 1509, which was rebuilt in 1536 and capsized during an engagement with the French off the Isle of Wight on 20 July 1545; its second use was for a ship built in 1556 or 1557, which was rebuilt in 1589 and lasted until condemned in 1618.

She was built at Deptford Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright William Burrell.

[8] The Mary Rose was sent to Spain to collect jewels returned to the English ambassador in July 1624.

[9] In August 1624, under the command of Captain Thomas Wilbraham, she scoured the coasts of pirates from Dungeness to Portland.

In 1642 Captain Robert Fox had command but was dismissed (at the start of the English Civil War).