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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 1014 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR CLOUDESLEY [or CLOWDISLEY SHOVELL as he seems to have spelt the name himself] SHOVEL (c. 1650-1707)  ,
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English
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admiral, was baptised at Cockthorpe in Norfolk on the 25th of November 165o, and went to sea under the care of his kinsman
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Sir Christopher Mynns . He set himself to study navigation, and, owing to his able
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seamanship and brave and open-hearted disposition, became a general favourite and obtained
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quick promotion . In 1674 he served as
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lieutenant under Sir John Narborough in the Mediterranean, where he burned four men-of-war under the castles and walls of Tripoli, belonging to the pirates of that place . He was
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present as captain of the " Edgar " (70) at the first fight at
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Bantry
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Bay, and shortly afterwards was knighted . In 1690 he convoyed William III. across St George's Channel to Ireland; the same
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year he was made
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rear-admiral of the blue, and was present at the
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battle of Beachy Head on loth
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July . In 1692 he was appointed rear-admiral of the red, and joined Admiral Russell, under whom he greatly distinguished himself at La Hogue, by being the first to break through the enemy's
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line . Not long after, when Admiral Russell was superseded, Shovel was put in joint command of the
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fleet with Admiral Killigrew and Sir Ralph Delaval . In 1702 hebrought home the spoils of the French and
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Spanish fleets from
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Vigo, after their capture by Sir George Rooke, and in 1704 he served under Sir George Rooke in the Mediterranean and co-operated in the taking of
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Gibraltar . In
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January 1704 he was named rear-admiral of England, and shortly afterwards
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commander-in-chief of the
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British fleets . He co-operated with the
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earl of
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Peterborough in the capture of
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Barcelona in 1705, and commanded the
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naval
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part of the unsuccessful attempt on
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Toulon in
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October 1707 . When returning with the fleet to England his
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ship, the " Association, at eight o'
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clock at
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night on the 22nd of October, struck on the rocks near Scilly, and was seen by those on board the " St George " to go down in three or four minutes' time, not a soul being saved of 800 men that were on board . The
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body of Sir Cloudesley Shovel was cast ashore next day, and was buried in Westminster Abbey .

It is said that he was alive when he reached the

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shore at Porthellick
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Cove, but was murdered by a woman for the
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sake of his rings . See
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Life and Glorious Actions of Sir Cloudesley Shovel (17o7) ; Burnet's Own Times; various discussions in Notes and Queries, 5th series, vols. x. and xi.; and T . H . Cooke, Shipwreck of Sir Cloudesley Shovel (1883) .

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There was one survivor from the wreck of 'The Association', the Rev. John Deere, chaplain to the Admiral, he was a Glamorgan man. See 'The Diary of William Thomas 1762 - 1795', ISBN 0 9525961 0 5
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