. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. ith twelve ships of the line andseveral small craft, quitted the Mediterranean in order to returnhome, leaving at Gibraltar Eear-Admiral Sir Thomas Dilkes incommand of the winter squadron. Byng and Norris went homewith the Commander-in-Chief. It was Shovells last service. He got into the Soundings on ^ The following sliips in the harbour were reported as destroyed or rendered unfitfor service: Triomphnnt, 92, Sceptre, 90, Vainqueur, 86, Neptune, 76, Invincihle, 70,Serieux, 60, Laurier, 60, and Sage, 54. 1707.] LOSS OF THE ASS
. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. ith twelve ships of the line andseveral small craft, quitted the Mediterranean in order to returnhome, leaving at Gibraltar Eear-Admiral Sir Thomas Dilkes incommand of the winter squadron. Byng and Norris went homewith the Commander-in-Chief. It was Shovells last service. He got into the Soundings on ^ The following sliips in the harbour were reported as destroyed or rendered unfitfor service: Triomphnnt, 92, Sceptre, 90, Vainqueur, 86, Neptune, 76, Invincihle, 70,Serieux, 60, Laurier, 60, and Sage, 54. 1707.] LOSS OF THE ASSOCIATION, ETC. 411 October 22nd ; but that night, in consequence of thick weather,several of the ships of the fleet were lost upon the rocks of theScilly Islands. Among these was Shovells flagship, the Associa-tion, 96, which struck on the Bishop and Clerks, and at once brokeup, all on board, including the Admiral, Captain Edmund Loades,Captain of the Fleet, Captain Samuel Whitaker, captain of the ship,and between eight and nine hundred ofHcers and men, ADMIRAL SIR CLOWDISLEY SHOVELL, KT.{From Fabcys mezzotint after the portrait hi/ 21. Dahl (1702).) The other ships which were lost were the Eagle, 70, with CaptainEobert Hancock, and all hands; the Bomney, 50, with CaptainWilliam Coney, and all hands ; and the Firebrand, fireship, whosecaptain, Francis Piercy, with twenty-four people, was saved. TheP]ia;)iix, fireship. Captain Michael Sansom, went ashore, but wasgot off again ; the St. George, 96, Captain James Lord Dursley,also struck, but came off without breaking up. Shovells body, 412 MAJOR OPERATIONS, 1660-1714. [1708. after having been stripped and buried by the islanders, was re-covered and brought to Plymouth by the Salisbury, CaptainFrancis Hosier. It found a final resting-place in WestminsterAbbey. Sir Thomas Dilkes, ^dth the squadron left under his charge,visited Barcelona and Leghorn in the interests of the AlHes, butfell ill, and died at the latter x^lac
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