Series
Godfrey Basil Mundy: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/97
Date: 1828-1869
This collection consists of correspondence and notes compiled by Major-General Godfrey Basil Mundy, in preparation for his biography of Admiral...
Series
Board of Trade: Meteorological Department: Meteorological Charts relating to Royal...
Catalogue reference: BJ 6
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Charts prepared by Admiral Robert Fitzroy relating to the storm of October 1859 in which the iron ship Royal Charter was wrecked. The charts can be consulted in their published form in BJ 6/ 3
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- BJ 6
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- Board of Trade: Meteorological Department: Meteorological Charts relating to Royal Charter Storm
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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Charts prepared by Admiral Robert Fitzroy relating to the storm of October 1859 in which the iron ship Royal Charter was wrecked. The charts can be consulted in their published form in BJ 6/ 3
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For other papers of Admiral Robert Fitzroy, see BJ 7
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Board of Trade, Meteorological Department, 1854-1867
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- 3 papers and volumes
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- Trade and commerce
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- Navy
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The Royal Charter was one of the first iron ships powered by both steam and sail. In October 1859, during a storm, it was wrecked off the Anglesey coast, North Wales, with the loss of 459 lives.
These charts were prepared by Admiral Robert Fitzroy, Chief of the Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade, for the subsequent inquiry. The Royal Charter storm profoundly affected Fitzroy and strengthened his belief in the more immediate use of meteorological information for forecasting. The event led to the introduction of storm warnings in the following year.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2869/
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