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10 de oct. de 2007 · Shovell's flagship, the Association, struck the Outer Gilstone Rock and sank on October 22nd, 1707. The splendidly named Cloudesley Shovell came from a prosperous Norwich family. Cloudesley was his maternal grandmother’s surname. His family had useful naval connections and he was already at sea as a cabin-boy in his early teens.
10 de ene. de 2011 · The period of Sir Cloudesley Shovel's birth is not precisely ascertained, Campbell says about the year 1650; that his parents were but in middling circumstances, and that the name of Cloudesley was given him with a view to conciliate the notice of a relation, who had the ability to befriend him: it does not appear, however, that he derived from it any more than a nominal advantage; he was ...
2008-present. (Admiral of the Fleet) Sir Cloudesley Shovell was a British naval officer during the late 17th/early 18th century. The band got the idea for the name from a house near a bar Johnny Gorilla and Louis Comfort-Wiggett used to frequent. This house was reputedly lived in by the mother of Cloudesley Shovell.
22 de oct. de 2014 · Sir Cloudesley Shovell, by Michael Dahl, about 1702-5 (NMM BHC3025) Earlier that year, his ships had taken part in a failed attempt to take Toulon, and on 29 September Shovell decided to head home on his flagship, the Association , accompanied by 20 other navy vessels.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell (c. November 1650 – 22 October or 23 October 1707), was an English naval officer. Rising through the ranks and fighting in many of the important battles of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, he became a popular British hero,[1] whose celebrated career was brought to an end in a disastrous shipwreck in the Isles of Scilly. He also served as MP ...
From cabin boy to Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Cloudesley Shovell rose to high rank in the Royal Navy and proved brave and active in his country’s service. His death and the wreckage of his four-ship fleet off the Isles of Scilly on 22nd October 1707 was a tragic event.
Admiral Clowdisley Shovell went to sea as a cabin boy under the care of his kinsman Sir Christopher Myngs. He rose quickly through the ranks, and by 1674 was lieutenant under Sir John Narborough in the Mediterranean, where he burned four men-of-war under the castles and walls of Tripoli. In 1690 he was made rear admiral, and in 1704 was appointed commander-in-chief of the British fleets ...
