The Story of the Royal Charter

[@LBfan0685]

‘The Golden Wreck’ by Alexander McKee is a brilliant book which tells the tragedy of the Royal Charter. Alexander McKee was also the man who searched for, and found the wreck of the Mary Rose.

[@trevortrevortsr2]

The Royal Charter was built at the Sandycroft shipyard and foundry on the River Dee - a little known yard that went into decline before WW1 - At its peak it employed about 700 workers - Interestingly some of the buildings still remain

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Ahhhhhhhhhh They have pulled down the foundry and huge machine sheds to make way for a lorry car park - only a few support posts where the hull was crafted remain at the water edge of the River Dee

[@samjen7]

I went there.you can see it sticking out the water at low tide.i metal detect.sadly no treasure but a 50000 pound nugget was found 2 years ago by a snorkelist.

[@eifionjones559]

absolute lie

[@samjen7]

@@eifionjones559 whats the lie .look it up on the news you turd brain

[@eifionjones559]

@@samjen7 There was no large nuggets, the cargo in bullion form was salvaged by the Royal Navy not long after she was wrecked , that is all that was not in gold dust form. What little that was not recovered was in the personal possession of the passengers If you believe the big scam of a few years ago by a diving outfit then you must be really thick. They found little of value except some odds and ends they had seeded the wreck with in order to con investors in the scheme

[@samjen7]

@@eifionjones559 but a large nugget was found by a snorkelist worth 50k

[@eifionjones559]

@@samjen7 Do you really believe that? please please do not be so gullible