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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell (c. November 1650 – 22 or 23 October 1707) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and then at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War .
Great Britain dispatched a fleet to provide naval support, led by the Commander-in-Chief of the British Fleets, Sir Cloudesley Shovell. The ships sailed to the Mediterranean, attacked Toulon and managed to inflict damage on the French fleet caught in the siege.
22 de oct. de 2022 · Sir Clowdisley Shovell. Sailor. In the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a large marble monument (about 20 feet high) to the famous Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell, by the sculptor Grinling Gibbons. It was erected by order of Queen Anne and the inscription reads:
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.
SHOVELL, Sir Clowdesley (1650-1707), of Soho Square, London and May Place, Crayford, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002. Available from Boydell and Brewer. Constituency. Dates. ROCHESTER. 1695 - Nov. 1701. ROCHESTER. 1705 - 22 Oct. 1707. Family and Education
In October of 1707, leading a British fleet of 21 ships home from duty in the Mediterranean Sea, a high-ranking and experienced admiral—Sir Cloudesley Shovell—steered his ship directly onto the rocks off the Isles of Scilly, 28 miles west of England in the Atlantic Ocean.
10 de oct. de 2007 · Sir Cloudesley Shovell shipwrecked | History Today. Shovell's flagship, the Association, struck the Outer Gilstone Rock and sank on October 22nd, 1707. Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 57 Issue 10 October 2007. The splendidly named Cloudesley Shovell came from a prosperous Norwich family.
