See also:SIR CLOUDESLEY [or CLOWDISLEY SHOVELL as he seems to have spelt the name himself] See also:SHOVEL (c. 1650-1707)
, See also:English See also:admiral, was baptised at Cockthorpe in See also:Norfolk on the 25th of See also:November 165o, and went to See also:sea under the care of his kinsman See also:Sir See also:Christopher Mynns
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He set himself to study See also:navigation, and, owing to his able See also:seamanship and brave and open-hearted disposition, became a See also:general favourite and obtained See also:quick promotion
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In 1674 he served as See also:lieutenant under Sir See also:John See also:Narborough in the Mediterranean, where he burned four men-of-See also:war under the castles and walls of See also:Tripoli, belonging to the pirates of that See also:place
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He was See also:present as See also:captain of the " See also:Edgar " (70) at the first fight at See also:Bantry See also:Bay, and shortly afterwards was knighted
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In 1690 he convoyed See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. across St See also:George's Channel to See also:Ireland; the same See also:year he was made See also:rear-admiral of the See also:blue, and was present at the See also:battle of Beachy See also:Head on loth See also:July
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In 1692 he was appointed rear-admiral of the red, and joined Admiral See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell, under whom he greatly distinguished himself at La Hogue, by being the first to break through the enemy's See also:line
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Not See also:long after, when Admiral Russell was superseded, See also:Shovel was put in See also:joint command of the See also:fleet with Admiral See also:Killigrew and Sir See also:Ralph Delaval
.
In 1702 hebrought See also:home the spoils of the See also:French and See also:Spanish fleets from See also:Vigo, after their See also:capture by Sir George See also:Rooke, and in 1704 he served under Sir George Rooke in the Mediterranean and co-operated in the taking of See also:Gibraltar
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In See also:January 1704 he was named rear-admiral of See also:England, and shortly afterwards See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the See also:British fleets
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He co-operated with the See also:earl of See also:Peterborough in the capture of See also:Barcelona in 1705, and commanded the See also:naval See also:part of the unsuccessful See also:attempt on See also:Toulon in See also:October 1707
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When returning with the fleet to England his See also:ship, the " Association, at eight o'See also:clock at See also:night on the 22nd of October, struck on the rocks near Scilly, and was seen by those on See also:board the " St George " to go down in three or four minutes' See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, not a soul being saved of 800 men that were on board
.
The See also:body of Sir Cloudesley Shovel was See also:cast ashore next See also:day, and was buried in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey
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It is said that he was alive when he reached the See also:shore at Porthellick See also:Cove, but was murdered by a woman for the See also:sake of his rings
.
See See also:Life and Glorious Actions of Sir Cloudesley Shovel (17o7) ; See also:Burnet's Own Times; various discussions in Notes and Queries, 5th See also:series, vols. x. and xi.; and T
.
H
.
See also:Cooke, Shipwreck of Sir Cloudesley Shovel (1883)
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