Download or read book Life and Death on the 'Royal Charter'. written by Chris Holden and Lesley Holden and published by Calgo Publications. This book was released on with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The auxiliary steamship 'Royal Charter' was wrecked at Moelfre, Anglesey, North Wales, on the 26th of October, 1859, with great loss of life and a fortune in gold. This book tells the background to the voyage and the story of the disaster using may of the newspaper reports of that era.