12:12am PDT - October 26th, 2022

26 October 1859. The steam clipper, Royal Charter, powered by a coal fired engine, was wrecked in a storm near the Anglesey coast. The precise number of dead has been estimated from surviving records at 450, making it the highest death toll of any shipwreck on the Welsh coast. https://t.co/GjMxR9q74M

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