. Englisch: Der ir-Cloudesly Schaufel in der Verbindung mit dem Adler, Rumney und die firebrand, an den Felsen der Scilly, 22. Oktober 1707 ' Drucken verloren. Im Herbst 1707 Sir Cloudesley Schaufel, der Admiral der Flotte (Senior der Marine, Offizier in der Zeit) wieder von einem erfolgreichen Kommission im Mittelmeer mit einem Geschwader, bestehend aus 15 Schiffen der Linie, fünf Fregatten und einer Yacht. Mehrere Tage schlechte Wetter verhindert Navigationshilfen Sehenswürdigkeiten genommen zu werden und ihre Position wurde geschätzt, als weiter im Süden als es war, als in der Nacht vom 22. Oktober sein Flaggschiff' Association" an lief

• Bildanbieter: The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Foto
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• Format: 2685 x 1861 px | 22,7 x 15,8 cm | 9 x 6,2 inches | 300dpi

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. English: 'Sir Cloudesly Shovel in the Association with the Eagle, Rumney and the Firebrand, Lost on the Rocks of Scilly, October 22, 1707' Print. In autumn 1707 Sir Cloudesley Shovell, the Admiral of the Fleet (the Navy's senior serving officer at the time) returned from a successful commission in the Mediterranean with a squadron comprising 15 ships of the line, five frigates and a yacht. Several days of poor weather prevented navigational sights being taken and their position was estimated as further south than it was when, during the night of 22 October, his flagship 'Association' ran onto the Gilstone Ledges of the Isles of Scilly and rapidly sank. The 'Eagle', 'Firebrand' and 'Romney' all also struck and sank nearby. Over 1300 men were lost, including Shovell, and only 26 were reported to have survived. In this print - which is the only contemporary illustration of the disaster - the 'Association' (flying the royal standard) is in the left foreground. Part of the ship remained on the rocks for some time and in 1709 there was an official salvage operation to recover the considerable treasure she was carrying as prize of war, and her guns. The site was then forgotten until rediscovered by Royal Navy divers in 1967 after which there was considerable competition to do more salvage. Several French bronze guns - also prizes - were raised with other artefacts, including valuable coin: these were sold under salvage law as it stood at that time but the controversy engendered by this and similar activities in Scilly and elsewhere contributed to the passing of the 1973 Act for the Protection of Historic Wrecks around the United Kingdom. More immediately, in 1714, the disaster encouraged the passing of the Longitude Act under which prizes were offered for reliable means of determining longitude at sea, although the loss of Shovell's ships had almost nothing to do with this and was much more one of the weather preventing the taking of latitude sights, inadequate charts,