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Oceanic researchers hunting for a sunken warship stumbled across the pristine lower hull of an incredibly armed Barbary corsair.
By Emma Frederickson
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:
• Researchers discovered a heavily armed 18th-century Barbary corsair ship between Morocco and Spain, the first of its kind found in the region’s waters.
• The pirate vessel, armed with cannons, swivel guns, and muskets, was discovered in 2005 while explorers were searching for a different shipwreck.
• Dating from around 1740-1760, the corsair ship provides valuable insights into the Barbary pirates who terrorized Mediterranean nations for over a century
Decades ago, divers discovered a heavily armed, 18th-century pirate ship in the waters between Morocco and Spain. Armed to the teeth, it now sits at the bottom of the ocean, serving as an example of an enterprise that terrorized the seas off the coast of Africa for over a century. The ship, known as a Barbary corsair, was “the first Algiers corsair found in the Barbary heartland,” Sean Kingsley, an archaeologist and researcher on the discovery, told Live Science.
Read the full article on Popular Mechanics:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71031979/sunken-pirate-ship-from-18th-century-treasure-found/
