5. Merchant Royal
Estimated Current Value: $1–$2 billion* Disappeared in 1617; Found in N/A
The Merchant Royal was the name of this merchant vessel from the 1600s. The Merchant was constructed at London’s Deptford Dockyard, launched in 1617, and lost on September 23, 1941. Enraged by her sinking, King Charles I declared in his “Calendar of State Papers” that the loss of the Royal Merchant was the “greatest ever sustained in one ship.”
Merchant Royal on Pinterest and the Daily Mail
The Merchant Royal was found to have contained $500 million worth of gold and silver coins, but it is estimated that the ship was worth billions when it capsized. Treasure Quest, a television program, even followed the group looking for the merchant in the late 2000s while they searched for it. The location of the Merchant Royal is still unknown.
zi ang