Plan of wrecks around the Isles of Scilly
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Plan of wrecks around the Isles of Scilly with the wreck of the HMS Association highlighted on it
On 22 October 1707, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's flagship, HMS Association, was wrecked along with three other ships off the Isles of Scilly. This shipping disaster, one of the worst in British naval history, was the result of navigational errors, mainly due to the inability to determine the exact longitude at sea.
The disaster brought the problem of longitude determination to national attention, eventually leading to the Longitude Act of 1714, which offered a substantial prize of £20,000 for a solution.
Plan of wrecks around the Isles of Scilly with the wreck of the HMS Association highlighted on it
On 22 October 1707, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's flagship, HMS Association, was wrecked along with three other ships off the Isles of Scilly. This shipping disaster, one of the worst in British naval history, was the result of navigational errors, mainly due to the inability to determine the exact longitude at sea.
The disaster brought the problem of longitude determination to national attention, eventually leading to the Longitude Act of 1714, which offered a substantial prize of £20,000 for a solution.