Ship's dog on the doomed Mary Rose was male

[Still Waters]

She was a scrappy sea mongrel who went down with her ship. Now nearly 500 years after Hatch the crossbreed drowned with the crew of the Mary Rose, it has emerged that the world's most famous sea dog, and the only known female aboard, was male.

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[Keel M.]

The historical mystery I'm currently reading is set in Portsmouth just prior to and including the Battle of the Solent in which the Mary Rose went down.

[MidnightLady]

Solent? The only color that comes to mind is green. I like green, I eat green but not that green.

[Keel M.]

Solent? The only color that comes to mind is green. I like green, I eat green but not that green.

That would be Soylent Green.

[MidnightLady]

That would be Soylent Green.

Yes, I know.