Museum prepares to show underwater footage of 1859 Royal Charter shipwreck
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| 10:21 UK time, Monday, 12 September 2011
From next month, visitors to will be able to view underwater video footage of one of Wales' most notable shipwrecks.
On 26 October 1859, a steam clipper called Royal Charter, was returning from Melbourne to Liverpool. Laden with gold, the vessel was battered by a force 12 hurricane and smashed onto rocks off Moelfre, Anglesey. A total of 459 passengers and crew subsequently perished with only 21 passengers and 18 crew surviving the destruction.
Diver Chris Holden, treasurer of the British Sub-Aqua Club's Chester branch, will show the film at the Chester Grosvenor Museum on 25 October as part of a lecture to mark the 152nd anniversary of the maritime tragedy.
Along with the unseen footage, it will be the first opportunity for many people to see artefacts from the wreck.
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