A 16th century dog, the only known female to have served abroad King Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship the Mary Rose, has stolen the show at Britain's Crufts dog show this year. The two-year old mongrel, lost aboard the Tudor warship 465 years ago, is a special guest of the Kennel Club this year, according to the show's organizers. The painstakingly reconstructed skeleton, poised on its haunches, acquired the nickname "Hatch" after divers discovered her remains near the sliding hatch door of the Mary Rose's carpenter's cabin.

Old sea dog steals show at Crufts. (2010, March 16). Manila Bulletin, p. B-8.