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Anchor from 'most valuable shipwreck in history' found(1/3)

2019-03-12 14:53:31 Ecns.cn Editor :Li Yan

$Photo taken on March 4, 2019 shows the anchor brought up in a trawler\'s fishing nets off the coast of the U.K. is reportedly from a 17th-century shipwreck. The anchor is believed to be from the Merchant Royal, which has been described as one of Britain\'s richest wrecks, carrying cargo worth around $10.5 million. (Photo/VCG) The Merchant Royal, a vessel lost at sea during rough winds off Land\'s End in Cornwall, had been carrying over ?1.1 billion ($1.5 bn) in treasure in today\'s money. On board at the time of its sinking was a trove 100,000 lbs of gold, 400 bars of Mexican silver and almost 500,000 \'pieces of eight\', or Spanish dollars.$

Photo taken on March 4, 2019 shows the anchor brought up in a trawler's fishing nets off the coast of the U.K. is reportedly from a 17th-century shipwreck. The anchor is believed to be from the Merchant Royal, which has been described as one of Britain's richest wrecks, carrying cargo worth around $10.5 million. (Photo/VCG)

The Merchant Royal, a vessel lost at sea during rough winds off Land's End in Cornwall, had been carrying over ?1.1 billion ($1.5 bn) in treasure in today's money.

On board at the time of its sinking was a trove 100,000 lbs of gold, 400 bars of Mexican silver and almost 500,000 'pieces of eight', or Spanish dollars.

$The fishing crew who netted the anchor from what might be the world\'s most valuable shipwreck display their find. (Photo/VCG)$

The fishing crew who netted the anchor from what might be the world's most valuable shipwreck display their find. (Photo/VCG)

$An anchor brought up in a trawler\'s fishing nets off the coast of the U.K. is reportedly from a 17th-century shipwreck. The anchor is believed to be from the Merchant Royal, which has been described as one of Britain\'s richest wrecks, carrying cargo worth around $10.5 million.(Photo/VCG)$

An anchor brought up in a trawler's fishing nets off the coast of the U.K. is reportedly from a 17th-century shipwreck. The anchor is believed to be from the Merchant Royal, which has been described as one of Britain's richest wrecks, carrying cargo worth around $10.5 million.(Photo/VCG)