Henry VIII SECRET WEAPON - Giant Fire Darts!

The Mary Rose ship sunk in 1545, fully loaded for war and amongst the thousands of finds from the wreck were massive and slightly mysterious, incendiary darts; 8 feet or 2.4m long. But we still know so little about them and intriguingly, not even if they were thrown from the crows nests or shot from a cannon. Its about time we found out more, so I visited the museum where it is displayed and met Dr Alex Hildred the head of research to find out more about them...... and how to make them. In the second film I make some darts and meet Alex in a field to test them in all sorts of ways to start to find out their properties and discover just how fearsome they were. If you are interested in medieval weaponry check out our site https://todsworkshop.com (Tods Workshop and Tod Cutler in one place) If you would like to support the channel, Patreon really helps, especially with films like this.  / todsworkshop   You can find the amazing Mary Rose Trust here https://maryrose.org Images used Images from the amazing book Weapons of Warre by the Mary Rose Trust ISBN9780954402938 2:48 -Ashmolean Museum PA1310 Cowdrey courtesy of Courtesy Kester Keighley Pepys library Cambridge Remainder - Wiki commons