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The Royal Charter

Moelfre, Anglesey

A gold ship lost in a hurricane, and the birth of the shipping forecast.

The Royal Charter was nearly home from Australia, carrying passengers and gold from the goldfields, when a hurricane struck off Anglesey. She was smashed on the rocks at Moelfre, and around 450 people died.

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When
26 October 1859
Where
53.3500, -4.2400
Group
Shipwrecks

Visiting

A memorial stands on the coast path north of Moelfre. The Seawatch Centre has displays.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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