Royal Charter

1859ShallowClipper ship

LocationAnglesey, Wales

Year1859

DepthShallow

Size2,700 GRT

TypeClipper ship

About Royal Charter

Returning from Australia laden with gold when a storm of extraordinary force wrecked her. Around 450 died. The disaster prompted Admiral FitzRoy to create the first gale warning system, the origin of modern weather forecasting.

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