An rank building block of an anchor has been attain off the Cornish coast , 32 kilometers ( 20 miles ) from the spookily named British port and holiday attracter , Land ’s End .
Experts say the anchor dates back to a time between 1600 and 1800 . ground on its size of it and age , some think that it could be a end from the now lostMerchant Royal , an English merchant vas shipwrecked in 1641 .
" I have it away there are lots of anchors that look just like that one – it ’s from a big wooden ship , " Mark Milburn , owner of Atlantic Scuba , toldi News . But , " It ’s an admiralty patterned long shank anchor , it ’s the right type for theMerchant Royal . "
When the English were n’t struggle the Spanish ( an apparentlypopular pastime ) , they continued to swap with their European neighbors – Mexican gold being an especially desirable good in the seventeenth century . TheMerchant Royal(or " El Dorado of the ocean " ) , captain by John Limbrey , was just one of several vessels launched during a period that saw a vast expansion in earth trade and , as a issue , nautical merchant marine .
alas for Limbrey and his gang , theMerchant Royalfell victim to a threat that chevy many cargo ships vessels – bad weather , criminal seas , and , ultimately , wreck .
After years of ferry treasured metal , provision , troops , and ammo to and from the New World , theMerchant Royal(unknowingly ) set sail for her last ocean trip from Mexico . The crew was hybridize the English Channel when the weather took a tour for the regretful and the ship ’s pumps broke . TheMerchant Royalbegan to take on water and on September 23 , 1641 , it sunk somewhere off Land ’s End .
Asi Newsreports , experts surmise this newfangled find will entice divers and treasure Hunter to go looking for the wreck and the valuables that sunk with it . After all , it is think that the ship was carrying over £ 1 billion worth of Mexican amber and silver , not to bring up millions in coins and jewels – which , despite a fewfalse starts , none of which has ever been found .
But it is dangerous water and Milburn worries people could be chance their lives to do so .
" Everyone will be after it , wo n’t they ? It was an former wooden ship and the timber gets eaten away and only atomic number 26 and alloy bits will be go forth , " hesaid .
" All that will be on the sea bottom is an anchor , cannons and treasure – so long as no one has taken it already . "
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