On the morning, 11 October 1982, the final lift of cradle, hull and lifting frame began. It was watched by the team, Prince Charles and other spectators in boats around the site. At 9:03 am, the first timbers of the Mary Rose broke the surface. A second set of bags under the hull was inflated with air, to cushion the waterlogged wood. Finally, the whole package was placed on a barge and taken to the shore. Though eventually successful, the operation was close to foundering on two occasions; first when one of the supporting legs of the lifting frame was bent and had to be removed and later when a corner of the frame, with "an unforgettable crunch", slipped more than a metre (3 feet) and came close to crushing part of the hull.

"I have never forgotten as it came out there was the most almighty crunch..."

Charles III, then Prince Charles, 2014

Charles III, then Prince Charles, President of the Mary Rose Trust, has played an active part in supporting the Mary Rose project. He dived on the wreck 10 times from 1975 and was one of the last people to dive down on the day before she was raised. During one of these dives in 1980 he recovered the pulley block, which was presented to him when he opened the Mary Rose Exhibition in 1984. "

"For me it was a great thrill. A feeling of connection, as it were, with Henry VIII made it even more intriguing."

The words of King Charles, then Prince Charles, after diving on the Mary Rose in 1975

On 19 July 1984, the token remains of an unknown member of the Ship's company were interred in a medieval styled coffin of Hampshire oak, crafted by the Cathedral carpenter Michael Spreadborough. The grave is in the Navy Aisle, the stone marking the grave is of Welsh slate and is the work of John Skelton. The catafalque burial party, drawn from Royal Navy ships, stood guard over the coffin overnight at the High Altar, before the burial service and burial the next day.

During the salvage of the Mary Rose almost 30,000 dives were conducted to prepare the wreck for raising, in cold murky waters of the Solent and often unable to see as far in front as a flippered-foot length. During this time divers were able to reclaim around 19,000 artefacts and 92 almost complete skeletons.

Wooden bowl found on board the 16th century carrack Mary Rose.