The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced today, January 25th 2008, that it has earmarked a £21 million grant to be awarded to the Mary Rose Trust. This major grant is to complete the conservation of the Tudor warship, the Mary Rose, and build a permanent museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to house the hull and her artefacts. 

Michael Aiken, Chairman of the Mary Rose Trust, expressed his delight with the news. He said “The HLF have yet again displayed their commitment to ensuring the nation’s core heritage is saved for posterity”. 

For more information about The Mary Rose Trust please visit the website: http://www.maryrose.org or e-mail: mail@maryrose.org.