The Royal Adelaide was an iron sailing ship of 1400 tons built by William Patterson at Bristol in 1865.

[1] She was wrecked on Chesil Beach on 25 November 1872, while on a passage from London to Sydney with 32 crew members and 35 passengers.

[2] In bad weather, the ship tried to reach the shelter of Portland Harbour, but was forced into Lyme Bay from which there was no exit in a storm.

A large crowd gathered on the shore to help with the rescue and the salvage of the cargo, part of which was gin and brandy.

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