Man who found the sunken Tudor ship is honoured with a bust sculpture at the Mary Rose Museum
Alexander
McKee spent 17 years dredging the Solent mud for the Mary Rose wreck, which
sunk in 1545. He was awarded an OBE for his achievements.
Last
week a bronze bust of him was unveiled at the Mary Rose Museum. Over 100 guests
gathered to see the artwork, built by Devon based sculptor Luke Shepherd. Mr McKee died 22 years ago. His widow, Ilse,
attended the ceremony.
The
museum opened last year in Portsmouth’s dockyard to house the wreck, which was
raised in 1982, and the thousands of artefacts found on board.
