Old sea dog of the Mary Rose
The dog, which staff at the Mary Rose Trust have named Hatch, would have been kept as a pet on board Henry VIII's flagship, which sank in 1545.
However, it would also have been a working member of the 500-strong crew and earned its keep as a ratter. The preserved skeleton is now on display for the first time alongside other artefacts at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, ahead of the opening of a new, bigger museum in 2012.
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Hide AdJohn Lippiett, the chief executive of the Mary Rose Trust, said: "The public, especially children, have always been particularly fascinated to learn that a dog had been discovered during the excavation."