{"id":7184,"date":"2019-02-21T23:17:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?p=7184"},"modified":"2019-02-22T09:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T09:25:27","slug":"talk-night-the-gold-wreck-with-chris-holden-21st-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?p=7184","title":{"rendered":"Talk Night &#8211; The Gold Wreck &#8211; With Chris Holden &#8211; 21st February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>East Cheshire BSAC hosted a talk night with Chris Holden who joined us to deliver a talk on the Wreck of the Royal Charter, the Gold Wreck sunk of Anglesey in 1859.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2717-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7272\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?attachment_id=7272\" class=\"wp-image-7272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2717-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2717-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2717-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2716-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7271\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?attachment_id=7271\" class=\"wp-image-7271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2716-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2716-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2716-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2715-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7270\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?attachment_id=7270\" class=\"wp-image-7270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2715-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2715-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2715-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2714-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7269\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?attachment_id=7269\" class=\"wp-image-7269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2714-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2714-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2714-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2713-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7268\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?attachment_id=7268\" class=\"wp-image-7268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2713-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2713-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2713-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2712-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7267\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?attachment_id=7267\" class=\"wp-image-7267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2712-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2712-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2712-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2711-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7266\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?attachment_id=7266\" class=\"wp-image-7266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2711-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2711-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2711-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-28-at-06.51.12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7185\" width=\"304\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-28-at-06.51.12.png 648w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-28-at-06.51.12-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><figcaption>The Royal Charter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-28-at-06.50.47.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7186\" width=\"225\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-28-at-06.50.47.png 510w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-28-at-06.50.47-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Charter was the Sister Ship to the SS Great Britain, and famed for her speed making the journey to Australia in less than 60 days, a real feat at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a\nLiverpool-registered steamship built at the Sandycroft Ironworks on the River\nDee. In its time, it was a celebrated fast passenger ship sailing a regular\nservice to Australia \u2013 each round trip circumnavigating the globe. On its last\nreturn trip to Liverpool, it was only a few hours from River Mersey when it was\ncaught in a huge storm. The storm had the strength of a hurricane and\neventually drove the ship ashore near Moelfre on Anglesey. In the hours that\nfollowed a terrible tragedy unfolded with the vast majority of the passengers being\ndrowned. A monument stands on the cliff above the site today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Charter was sailing at the peak of the Gold Rush and the\nship was laden with gold. Many passengers had been carrying a fortune. A\ntreasure of gold nuggets and jewellery sunk to the seafloor along with everyday\nobjects such as walking sticks, spoons and cups. These objects give us a\nsnapshot of what life was like aboard the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Charter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Charter.png 580w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Charter-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Holden\nis the author of <em>\u201c<strong>Life and Death on\nthe Royal Charter<\/strong>\u201d<\/em> as well as the\nrenowned and definitive <em>\u201c<strong>Underwater Guides to North Wales\u201d.&nbsp; <\/strong><\/em>Chris is an avid diver who took up\ndiving in 1971 and is a BSAC Advanced Instructor and First Class diver with\nChester Sub-Aqua Club.<br>\n<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/chris.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/chris.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/chris-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep an eye out on our website for more talk nights and socials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East Cheshire BSAC hosted a talk night with Chris Holden who joined us to deliver a talk on the Wreck of the Royal Charter, the Gold Wreck sunk of Anglesey in 1859. 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