Vessel Loss

Memorial: M3467

Stone marker at Porthellick Cove, Isles of Scilly commemorating the place where the body of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel was washed ashore in 1707 after the loss of the ‘Association’

Location

Beach, Porthellick Cove, Isles of Scilly, England

Transcript

'THIS STONE MARKS THE PLACE / WHERE THE BODY OF / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL, / WAS WASHED ASHORE / AFTER HIS FLAGSHIP, HMS ASSOCIATION / WAS WRECKED ON THE GILSTONE ROCKS / ON THE NIGHT OF 22ND OCTOBER 1707'

Details

Description: Upright rock with a plaque.
Type: Standing stone

People

Shovell, Cloudesley
Age: 56
Date of Death: 22/10/1707
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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