In Search of Henry V's Flagship, Grace Dieu (Bursledon) | Series 12 Episode 6 | Time Team 

I think I can honestly say that any TT episode that pops up always gets promoted to #1 on my playlist. I cant get enough of this.

Finally a full time team episode we can view in Australia without resorting to a VPN.

In 2011 I went on a College Residential Trip to Southampton & went Kayaking on the River Hamble we were told that a ship had sank in there & that Time Team had been there too it's crazy to know that I have directly been in front of the X Marker where it sank 🤩

Tony never fails,to make me think of black adder , he is was the perfect presenter for this programme.

Nice to see that old Henery V took Jaws to heart. He not gonna need a bigger boat.

An amazing piece of History, what needs to be done is put up a call for a dam around it pump it out and expose the entire ship. 👍☮️

Dr. Susan Rose is a ray of sunshine in the stacks of maritime records. I would love to spend a day listening to her insights, pouring over tomes. 😊

I've done work in underwater low to zero visibility conditions and it is extremely challenging. Especially when you are under a time crunch. Beyond that I am always amazed at what our ancestors where able to accomplish, often with little more than shear force of will.

I love time team as a kid and now I'm getting back into it it's lovely xx

Given how high it rode on the water it is amazing it did not capsize and sink as soon as it entered the water. It was obviously intended to act as a floating fortress because given the steering technology available it would have been impossible to maneuver in a battle.

The Tony soul patch era was such a moment in time.

Along with the spitfire episode this was one of my favourite episodes

There’s a caterpillar on Tony’s chin 😂😂

Wow. Seeing it superimposed on the water in it's true size made me think of it totally differently. Huge! And beautiful.

Halfway through the episode and it's basically an archeology radio program. I hope there's a visual by the end of the episode.

I am in love with Francis voice-has he ever done audio books or voice overs? I watched some documentaries with him hosting a week or so ago and loved them! I can imagine him reading Shakespeare, Homer,great poetry or anything really & it would be fabulous.He's such a sweetheart and it comes through in his voice.

why do divers fall backward out of the boat? because if they fell forward they would still be in the boat.

Thanks enormously for posting. To have remains of such structures dating back that far is still wonderful to me as a Canadian. Who's excavated historical sites that go "all the way" back to the middle 1700's in Ontario.

Another great time team, I remember this episode from when it was first shown on channel 4 many years ago now. "I always liked time team!".😊 "Thanks for posting this!"...👍

In the 15th century ships were still being rammed as part of warfare so it does not surprise me that a battle ship might have been planned to be extra robust. However this could have affected her manouverabilty in the water and made her unsafe, thereby scaring the crew into distrusting her.. Like they say a very expensive experiment but likely to have helped marine engineering in the longer term. IMO

for anyone interested in this please also look at the work of raising the Swedish ship Vasa which was built early 1600, capsized on its maiden voyage and was raised in 1961

Excellent episode! It was interesting and different, with the diving. That ship was massive!! I think that man was right that the technology was not quite there yet in building it

I love the diver guy asking everyone if they are happy. So wholesome

This is one of the most amazing episodes.

I’ve just started to rewatch TT and anything made post 2007 (the time my love affair with archaeology finished). It’s really bittersweet for me. Reminds me of a lost youth and sense of excitement and hope. Time team came to me at the right time, and I went to Uni and became an archaeologist (I’ve cut that story short!), 2 years of doing ‘the circuit’ was enough for me. Great experience, no money and jobs all over the country. It has to be a way of life if you want to continue: I wanted to be able to live somewhere and afford it!

I love how impatient Tony is 😂

This is one my absolute favourite shows , love it .

Can' t help but thinking the Grace Dieu was predominately built as a deterrent or a visual representation of naval power. Henry must of been aware of the might and expense of Edward iii's fleet in his designs to the French throne.

Tony's shade for the dive operators is palpable.

Amazed this hasn't been excavated and preserved yet.

If money were no object I’d be very tempted to say build a cofferdam around it and drain it to only waste depth for visibility. You’re not going to find anything more than feeling structural members this way. Good old Phil always eager to get into a trench no matter how damp 🤣

Another great episode of my favourite show thank you

While it looked and sounds an impressive ship it looked clear the build quality was not great and if the rudder and sails where the wrong size it would have been terrible to handle and you get that impression from the crew and its lack of use. As for being struck by lightning and burned down I think Tony was right someone set fire to it to salvage the iron

PerfectLy timed for my first night in my own flat :)

Very interesting. Love Marine Archaeology. The main mast must have been colossal!

Hello from Ohio (USA)....another great show from Time Team!

truely brilliant series, life saver in these times of pandemic. Hoping some books will be written on Time Team.

Speaking of relics. Was that a 4 car class 423 VEP that came through while Tony and Stewart were on the bridge? If so that episode of Time Team was filmed in the last year of their operation!

Love Phil!!!!

If it was only used for one voyage like that after the exorbitant cost of construction, the only reason that makes sense is that the ship was genuinely unsafe or would have been useless in battle (with it's huge size and weight, maybe the mobility and manoeuvrability was terrible etc.). Sure, the sailors might have hated it (whether for justified reasons or not) but a King isn't going to care about that he'll just use force, money or threaten people until he's got a crew. (In fact, maybe the local sailors hated it so much because the shipbuilders had been known to cut corners in construction due to the short deadline, so people thought it was unsafe) This was Henry's flagship, so unless the French naval threat disappeared by that point (which could have happened, to be fair), he should at least have the ship out there with his fleet helping to intimidate the enemy or even to ferry around royalty and their guests in luxury. You don't build a ship 3 times the size of your enemy's because it's militarily necessary (not without tech. advances), you do it for the status and impact it has, like showing off. It was berthed before Henry even had a chance to get tired of it. So why? According to written history, does Henry V seem that stupid and frivolous a monarch to not use this ship if it was functional? However, he might not have cared about sailors' complaints, but it's likely he would have listened to his own naval experts, who could have convinced him to not use it.

"No evidence whatsoever that it wasn't seaworthy" other than that it was only used once, got no further than the Isle of Wight and there was practically a mutiny, that is.

I've realized that Phil is an almost dead ringer for Noddy Holder from Slade....🤘🤘🤘🤘

I'm stickin' to John like... Oh! Here he is!

I loved this! Thanks time team

It will be never be proved but there may be a good reason why the ship did one small voyage and the sailors hated her/

dive master seems very professional

amazing....

Seems like the Spruce Goose of its day.

From the model of the ship shown I would not want to be on Her if she went out into open water. That focsle would make Her extremely unsteady in any kind of wind.

All those trees.....mon dieu.

I love this program!!

Tony’s impatience in this really bothered me. It’s as if he doesn’t appreciate all the hard work going into uncovering this boat

What an awesome episode and an awesome ship

Tony needs to stand a bit closer to the razor.

Did Tony fall of his 10 speed and have a bit of a scrape and bruise on his chin?

Lol, the 'infamous sea curtain'!

just when you think you've seen all the episodes .... thank you

I can guess why the ship was so unpopular with the soldiers and crew: 1. they got splinters in their hands and feet because of the abysmal quality of workmanship 2. they got lost frequently on their way, because of the sheer size of the ship 3. maneuvering such an enormous ship must have been a nightmare 4. The war was against the French, and the ship is named with a french name

Ah finally another goatee episode!

Maybe it's the boat that is on the gold coin they found at that castle.

Yeah, the sea skirt/curtain never was going to work, it was far to short. Coffer dam if they were going to be there for a bit, but that would have been massive. I don't recall if they did any tree ring analysis to get the age of the wood used on this vessel,

With a length of some 200 feet and a beam of 50 feet she would have been about three times as long and as wide as Columbus' Santa Maria. And while the Santa Maria had a displacement of about 150 tons, the Grace Dieu would have had one ten times as much, likely more. That is almost in the league of the 18th century HMS Victory.

These guys are experts in passive aggressiveness LOL. Haven't seen this episode before. Can't recall I've seen another under-water project.

Tony's goatee, just a little dark?

Any news on more classic episodes? Or are they holding off as they work on the new ones? I miss my weekly fix of Team Time :p

@Time Team Classics, it seams that the Patreon link in the description box does not work. Used link under another video of yours. Keeping my fingers crossed for the new digs.

Who laughed when Tony gaslit us about how great the visibility was? I wish I knew the episode featured an underwater timber and a nailhead. At least Phil made me laugh with his "permission denied".

2,43 meters, that's 8 foot. A nice, even number.

Not one of the better Time Team episodes. I still enjoy the Time Team crew though.

"now he's guiding my hand down, oooooh my god!" am i the only one that heard that xD 25:00

Does the dredge ever suck up small finds? Is there a filtering system up top?

These programs are fantastic but it's a shame that they add the stress of a three day limit only

That calls for an international rebuilding project with artisan and student exchanges all over Europe!

When I watched this originally I'd have thought it'd be a good idea to get the shipwright dive the 6ft down as he'd at least know what he's looking for and measure in feet and inches

Are any more of the old episodes going to be loaded up here? It's been over 6 weeks since this episode was posted.

Did you screen the material brought up by the air lift for artifacts.

2 Meters = 6.56168 Feet 20 M = 65.6168 Feet .. Hope this Helps you like it did me.

Surely "Day One" should've only started once the floatation device, sea curtain & dredge were all in place and the site prepared?

they made the edges of the sea curtain to short there should have been a way to roll it up and down to account for tidal. it would probably easiest to wrap it around the top.

Southampton to the Isle of Wight the only voyage? Was the Captain of the Grace Dieu Captain Rum from Blackadder?

They are using a vacuum to lift the mud off the ship. Where is this spoil going? Was it examined for small finds?

I can’t pay attention to the archeology for trying to figure out what the hell is on Tony’s chin!🤣. I’d bet he looks back at this and says “” man what a douche I was thinking anyone believed that wasn’t shoe Polish”

Ohhhh arerr Toney stone the crows!

Some of these questions are precisely why we need experimental archeology . Get a proper old head carpenter out there and present him with the problem and see how it solved. Then do that three more times with three more old heads and see how they do it and see if a pattern doesn't start to form . 25 years of construction experience. We don't build boats or ships but it construction there are patterns and they will show themselves if you know what you're looking for

The construction technique allows rapid assembly via much of the design is repetitive, the timber used is quick work in harvesting available resources, making the job fairly easy and will stand up to the worst of what the Sea can offer. Kp

I realize that Tony has a role to be the narrator and host but what a pain in the derriere to the archeologists with his constant complaints and derogatory comments. just sayin'.

I love hipster beard skinny Tony.

Did Toby dye his beard?

Ah, the slug balancer has returned, this time balancing 2 slugs on his chin.

Where you guys finding parts for the EXO?

Lightning in January 🤔

Wish the show would have addressed why the waterways were filled in / no longer exist.

5:19 So he doesn't think it was that big but his much smaller estimate is a 5 meter difference. Must be some good weed over there.

How long did those iron nails last on a vessel in a marine enviroment?

I'd be very willing to refund that shipwright his 68 pounds if he's still feeling uneasy about it.If he's not sleeping too well. If you see him will you tell him.!!!! Would love to hear some ordinary member of the crew telling of his dissatisfaction about the boat and whether it was as difficult to manoeuvre as it might well have been.Pity they cannot raise the boat as they managed with the Mary Rose though I expect it would cost millions.

Just got a 3 second second on an advert.

Why is the time team limited to 3 days of trying to find stuff?

3 days for an underwater trench is hilarious

Why no metal detectors? That would seem to be a good way to locate the hull nails and with that the hull?

That curtain would never work. Please guys ask someone before wasting a lot of time and money. But really like the series