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- Merchant Royal, also known as Royal Merchant, was a 17th-century English merchant ship that was lost at sea off Land's End in rough weather on 23 September 1641.On board were at least 100,000 pounds of gold (over US$1.5 billion in today's money), 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 time. The Merchant Royal spent two 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 kept 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. Sept. 30, Lond[on]. I suppose you have understood of the loss of the Royal Merchant coming into our road, which is the greatest that was ever sustained in one ship, being worth 400,000l. at least. The merchants of Antwerp will be the greatest losers, for she had in her belonging to them 300,000l. in bullion; if so be the Infante Cardinal lose not upon it Flanders for want of money to pay the soldiers. – 'Charles I – volume 484: September 1641', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1641–3 (1887), pp. 114–129 (en)
- Il Merchant Royal, noto anche come Royal Merchant, era una nave mercantile inglese del XVII Secolo perduta in mare al largo di Land's End, Cornovaglia il 23 settembre 1641. A bordo si trovavano almeno 100.000 sterline in oro, 400 barre d'argento messicano e quasi 500.000 pezzi da otto e di altri tipi di monete, rendendolo uno dei relitti più importanti di tutti i tempi. (it)
- De Merchant Royal, ook wel bekend als Royal Merchant, was een 17de-eeuws Engels koopvaardijschip dat verloren is gegaan op zee voor de kust van Land's End, Cornwall in ruw weer op 23 september 1641. De vracht bedroeg minstens 100.000 pond goud, 400 staven Mexicaans zilver en bijna 500.000 Spaanse matten en andere munten, waardoor het een van de meest waardevolle wrakken aller tijden is. De Merchant Royal handelde drie jaar met de Spaanse koloniën in West-Indië 1637-1640. Engeland had vrede met Spanje op dit moment. De Merchant Royal en haar zusterschip, de Dover Merchant, legden aan in Cádiz op weg naar huis naar Londen. Na haar lange reis waren er ernstige lekken ontstaan aan het schip. Toen een Spaans schip in Cádiz op hetzelfde moment in brand vloog, vlak voordat deze de lonen van 30.000 Spaanse soldaten die gelegerd waren in Vlaanderen zou betalen, zag kapitein Limbrey van de Merchant Royal zijn kans schoon om wat meer geld te verdienen voor zijn superieuren. Hij meldde zich vrijwillig aan om de schat uit het afgebrande schip te vervoeren naar Antwerpen op weg naar huis. Na vertrokken te zijn uit Cádiz lekte de Merchant Royal nog steeds en toen de pompen in het schip het begaven verging zij nabij Land's End in ruw weer op 23 september 1641. Achttien mannen verdronken ter plekke. Kapitein Limbrey en 40 van zijn zeelui kwamen weg in boten en werden opgepikt door de Dover Merchant. (nl)
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- Il Merchant Royal, noto anche come Royal Merchant, era una nave mercantile inglese del XVII Secolo perduta in mare al largo di Land's End, Cornovaglia il 23 settembre 1641. A bordo si trovavano almeno 100.000 sterline in oro, 400 barre d'argento messicano e quasi 500.000 pezzi da otto e di altri tipi di monete, rendendolo uno dei relitti più importanti di tutti i tempi. (it)
- Merchant Royal, also known as Royal Merchant, was a 17th-century English merchant ship that was lost at sea off Land's End in rough weather on 23 September 1641.On board were at least 100,000 pounds of gold (over US$1.5 billion in today's money), 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 time. The Merchant Royal kept 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. Sept. 30, Lond[on]. (en)
- De Merchant Royal, ook wel bekend als Royal Merchant, was een 17de-eeuws Engels koopvaardijschip dat verloren is gegaan op zee voor de kust van Land's End, Cornwall in ruw weer op 23 september 1641. De vracht bedroeg minstens 100.000 pond goud, 400 staven Mexicaans zilver en bijna 500.000 Spaanse matten en andere munten, waardoor het een van de meest waardevolle wrakken aller tijden is. (nl)
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