Southsea Castle, completed and garrisoned in 1544, was the last of the major Device Forts to be built and the one most directly associated with the 1545 crisis. Henry VIII watched the engagement with the French fleet and the sinking of the Mary Rose from the castle walls. Its position guarding the eastern entrance to Portsmouth harbour made it the critical land anchor of the Portsmouth naval base defences.
None in fort itself 1544
Substantial garrison with heavy artillery; directly adjacent to the King when the Mary Rose foundered
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