Scilly naval disaster: Four British Royal Navy ships run aground in the Isles of Scilly, because of faulty navigation

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22 oct 1707

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49.94° N, 6.32° W

Situado en: coordinates of the event it links, Scilly naval disaster of 1707.

Scilly naval disaster: Four British Royal Navy ships run aground in the Isles of Scilly, because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and at least 1,450 sailors all drown.

Royal Navy ship loss in storm

The Scilly naval disaster of 1707 was the loss of four warships of a Royal Navy fleet off the Isles of Scilly near the British mainland when they struck rocks on 22 October 1707. Between 1,400 and 2,000 sailors lost their lives aboard the wrecked vessels, making the incident one of the worst maritime disasters in British naval history.

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