Post by KG on Sept 16, 2013 16:33:58 GMT
Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service, works for an accessible, well-protected historic environment, and is responsible for a range of sites including 129 historic monuments. Cadw helps to protect hundreds of other important sites on land, and also under the sea. Teaming up with the RCAHMW, Cadw have embarked on a project to celebrate and understand our underwater heritage, and encourage people to look after it.
The Royal Charter set the world record in the 19th century for sailing to and from Australia in under 60 days, during the time of the Gold Rush. Following its final stop in Ireland on its way back to Liverpool the ship was caught in the Great Storm of 1859, also known as the 'Royal Charter Storm' and was wrecked off the coast of Moelfre on the north shores of Anglesey. Most people on board drowned — including all women and children. The few men who survived the tragedy were saved by Maltese sailor Joseph Rodgers, who bravely tied a rope to his waist and jumped in to the sea to create a pulley system from the ship to the rocks, helped by the residents of Moelfre.
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The Royal Charter set the world record in the 19th century for sailing to and from Australia in under 60 days, during the time of the Gold Rush. Following its final stop in Ireland on its way back to Liverpool the ship was caught in the Great Storm of 1859, also known as the 'Royal Charter Storm' and was wrecked off the coast of Moelfre on the north shores of Anglesey. Most people on board drowned — including all women and children. The few men who survived the tragedy were saved by Maltese sailor Joseph Rodgers, who bravely tied a rope to his waist and jumped in to the sea to create a pulley system from the ship to the rocks, helped by the residents of Moelfre.
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