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  2. The Royal Charter was the most prominent among about 200 ships wrecked by the Royal Charter Storm. The Royal Charter was built at the Sandycroft Ironworks on the River Dee and was launched in 1855. She was a new type of ship, a 2,719-ton iron-hulled steam clipper, built in the same way as a clipper ship but with auxiliary coal-fired steam ...

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  3. Sep 16, 2022 · Royal Charter was a new type of ship, an iron-hulled steam clipper built in the same way as a traditional sailing clipper but with an auxiliary steam engine which could be used in the absence of suitable winds. She was 2719 gross tons, 236 feet (72 m) in length, with a 39 foot (12 m) beam.

  4. Oct 13, 2009 · On 25 October 1859 the Royal Charter, a 2,700 ton steam and sailing ship bound for Liverpool, was lost when a severe storm hit Moelfre Bay on the west coast of Anglesey. The 452 passengers on...

  5. The Royal Charter was a steam clipper which was wrecked off the beach of Porth Helaeth in Dulas Bay on the northeast coast of Anglesey, Wales on 26 October 1859. About 450 lives were lost, the highest death toll of any shipwreck on the Welsh coast.

  6. Jan 13, 2014 · The Royal Charter was a revolutionary type of vessel – a steam clipper – built in Flintshire, UK, for the Liverpool & Australian Steam Ship Navigation Company. When she was launched in 1855, it was in an era when there were 10 times as many sailing ships as steam ships plying the seas.

  7. The Royal Charter, 1856. The coast of Anglesey is often ravaged by storms off the Irish Sea. The windswept trees and shrubs along the west coast reflect this. However, on the night of 25-26 October 1859 an exceptional storm, considered the worst in the 19th century, hit Anglesey and the rest of Britain, with tragic consequences.

  8. Oct 25, 2017 · Discover the story of the SS Great Britain's sister ship the Royal Charter. The 26 October marks the anniversary of one of Victorian Britain’s most shocking maritime disasters: the wreck of the Royal Charter.

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