 In 2005 the co-founder of Odyssey Marine, Greg Stemm, had admitted to British shipwreck expert, Richard Larn, that his firm was searching for "Merchant Royal".Odyssey Marine's sonar search ships trawled the area extensively in 2005 and 2006, frequently calling in Falmouth for crew rest.The Odyssey crew continued to allegedly search for the ship on the Discovery Channel 2009 television show "Treasure Quest" (filmed in 2008).