THE SHIPWRECK by CHARLES DICKENS

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 30 January 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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This story by Charles Dickens is a part of a larger story about the 1859 wreck of The Royal Charter, a steam powered clipper on its way from Australia to Liverpool, and carrying 370 passengers and a crew of 112. Many of the passengers were gold miners returning from the Australian Gold rush with their riches, and their was gold in the cargo hold. Unfortunately, a huge storm came up as the ship approached the coast of England, and the ship and all but 21 of its passengers were killed in the wreck. Charles Dickens, who then was an already famous writer in England, was on the scene soon after the wreck and interviewed the people involved in the wreck and rescue, and from this visit sprang two stories, one, a fictional account, featured here, and another, based on an interview with the local Reverend and witnesses, coming here next week. Also next week, our sister show 1001 Heroes will feature the story of The Royal Charter , the wreck and rescue attempts, and the treasure that is still being hunted today. Link to iTunes for your Review-https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories/id1078098622?mt=2 #CHARLES DICKENS #THE ROYAL CHARTER #HISTORY #SHIPWRECKS #LOSTTREASURE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome to another episode from one thousand one classic short stories and tales.
0:35.0	Today you the fans of one thousand one classic short stories and tales are getting a special preview of an incredible true story that will unfold in the next
0:46.0	episode of both our shows, 1001 Classic Short Stories and 1001 Heroes, Legends, Hist legends, histories, next week.
0:55.0	The story involves a steam clipper called The Royal Charter,
0:59.0	which was built at Sandycroft Ironworks on the River D in England and launched in 1855.
1:05.0	She was a new design of a ship, a 2,799-19-ton iron-haul steam clipper,
1:12.0	which meant she had sails, but when there was no wind, she could run on her auxiliary steam engines.
1:17.0	She was built to be used mainly as a passenger ship to deliver travelers from Liverpool to Australia and back, and she had cargo space as well to deliver
1:27.0	goods. She could carry up to 600 passengers, and often did, featuring first-class accommodations to those who could afford it.
1:34.6	The trip to Australia via Cape Horn took around 60 days.
1:38.8	In late October of 1859, the Royal Charter was returning to Liverpool from Melbourne with
1:45.1	370 passengers and a crew of 112 Able Souls.
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