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| Anchor in Tangled Net Source: https://www.foxnews.com/science/anchor-from-most-valuable-shipwreck-in-history-found |
The Merchant Royal, a 17th-century English galleon, was known as “the El Dorado of the seas”, and traded with Spanish colonies between 1637 to 1640. As well as its golden and silver, the vessel sank while carrying nearly 500,000 pieces of eight and other coins – making it one of the most valuable wrecks of all time. Added Mr Milburn: “I know there are lots of anchors that look just like that one – it’s from a big wooden ship. “It’s an admiralty patterned long shank anchor, it’s the right type for the Merchant Royal...
Here is the link for more of that article.
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/merchant-royal-anchor-shipwreck-billions-pounds-treasure-cornwall/
It seems that good reporting is quickly becoming a thing of the past. They just go for attention-grabbing headlines these days and don't much bother to document what they are saying or give important details. Both the inews article and Fox video leave out a lot that a careful reader might like to know. For example, I'd like to know what makes them so sure they know what ship the anchor belongs to. Is it only the style of anchor and location where it was found? Or were they just eager to put something like "most valuable shipwreck ever" in the headlines. I suspect the headline has a lot to do with it. Why be careful about facts when you can get attention?
I'm not saying that it couldn't be the Merchant Royal. I'd just like to know what makes them think it is. Maybe I missed that somehow.
Odyssey Marine once thought they were on the Merchant Royal, but later it was later concluded that they were actually on the Mercedes and had to give the treasure to Spain. If it was not easy for Odyssey Marine to know what wreck they were on, I don't know how a single anchor can be so conclusive. Maybe I don't know anything, but that is how I see it.
Wikipedia says the following about the Merchant Royal. (The links on that don't work, and I didn't take time to remove them all.)
Merchant Royal also known as Royal Merchant, was a 17th-century English merchant ship lost at sea off Land's End, in Cornwall County, in rough weather on 23 September 1641. On board were at least 100,000 pounds of gold (over 1.5 billion USD in today's money)[3], 400 bars of Mexican silver (another 1 million) and nearly 500,000 pieces of eight and other coins, making it one of the most valuable wrecks of all times.[4]
The Merchant Royal spent three years trading with Spanish colonies in the West Indies from 1637 to 1640. England was at peace with Spain at this time. The Merchant Royal and her sister-ship, the Dover Merchant, called into Cadiz on their way home to London. By all accounts she was leaking badly after her long voyage.
When a Spanish ship in Cadiz at the same time caught fire just before she was due to carry treasure to convert into pay for Spain's 30,000 soldiers in Flanders, the Merchant Royal's Captain Limbrey saw his chance to make a little more cash for his owners. He volunteered to carry the treasure to Antwerp on his way home.
The Merchant Royal went on leaking after she and her sister-ship left Cadiz and, when the pumps broke down, she sank off Land's End in rough weather on 23 September 1641.
Eighteen men drowned in the sinking. Captain Limbrey and 40 of his crew got away in boats and were picked up by Dover Merchant. It is not likely that the treasure was taken aboard the Dover Merchant.
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| Source: See FoxNews link below. |
One web site proclaimed, "modern day Jonah." Well, it did involve and man and a whale. And the the man, a snorkeler, did end up in the whales mouth. You can see the man's bottom and legs above. But he wasn't in the whales belly, and it wasn't for three days. I'm sure Rainer was glad about that.
Rainer Schimpf, 51, was snorkeling off the coast of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, when he ended up in the path of a Bryde's whale, which opened his jaws and engulfed him headfirst...
Here is the link if you want to read more about that.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/diver-survives-after-being-scooped-up-in-whales-mouth-off-south-africa
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As you can see, there will be an increase in the surf up to three to five feet Wednesday.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
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