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by simonh 1415 days ago
We beat you by over 80 years with the Mary Rose, although she at least managed to get into battle before she went over.
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TIL the Mary Rose. [1] doesn't say for sure it was top-heavy, though.

"Marsden has suggested that the weight of additional heavy guns would have increased her draught so much that the waterline was less than one metre (c. 3 feet) from the gunports on the main deck."

gosh, you'd think someone would have noticed that.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose