 Despite its heritage and award-winning beaches; the south and west coasts of Wales, along with the Irish and Cornish coasts, are frequently blasted by Atlantic westerlies/south westerlies that, over the years, have sunk and wrecked many vessels.On the night of 25 October 1859, over 110 ships were destroyed off the coast of Wales when a hurricane blew in from the Atlantic.More than 800 lives were lost across Britain because of the storm, but the greatest tragedy was the sinking of the "Royal Charter" off the coast of Anglesey in which 459 people died.