Event
Scilly naval disaster: Four British Royal Navy ships run aground in the Isles of Scilly, because of faulty navigation
22 Oct 1707 · 49.94° N, 6.32° W
What the records say
- When
- 22 Oct 1707
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 49.94° N, 6.32° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Scilly naval disaster of 1707.
Summary
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.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei der Schiffskatastrophe bei den Scilly-Inseln stranden vier Schiffe eines Geschwaders der Royal Navy unter Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell aufgrund von…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page