Grace Dieu (1488 Ship)
Grace Dieu can refer to: * ''Grace Dieu'' (ship), an English fifteenth century ship *Grace Dieu Abbey, Augustinian abbey, County Dublin *Grace Dieu Abbey, Monmouth in Monmouthshire, Wales *Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire place **Grace Dieu Priory, Augustinian abbey at Grace Dieu, Leicestershire **Grace Dieu Manor School, a former preparatory school in Leicestershire **Grace Dieu Manor, nineteenth century Grade II* country house *''Grâce à Dieu'', also known as '' By the Grace of God'', a 2019 French film by François Ozon See also *''Henry Grace à Dieu ''Henry Grace à Dieu'' ("Henry, Thanks be to God"), also known as ''Great Harry'', was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. Contemporary with ''Mary Rose'' ...

Grace Dieu (ship)
''Grace Dieu'' was the flagship of King Henry V of England and one of the largest ships of her time. Launched in 1418, she sailed on only one voyage and was subsequently laid up at anchor in the River Hamble. She burned in 1439 after being struck by lightning. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England. Design and construction ''Grace Dieu'' was built to a design proposed by William Soper, a burgess of Southampton and Clerk of the King's Ships. She was clinker-built with three planks nailed together along each part of her hull and waterproofed with tar and moss sandwiched between the timbers. As constructed she was long with a beam, comparable in size with HMS ''Victory'' and twice as large as ''Mary Rose''.Wilson 2013 Estimates of her weight range between 1,400 tons and 2,750 tons. Two smaller ships, ''Valentine'' and ''Falcon'', were built to escort her. A dock was specially built for her construction near Town Quay in Southampton. The remains ...
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