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Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on November 15, 2005 at 15:17:08 from 80.3.128.6 user Laurence_.

In Reply to: Re: Centreplates of pre-war dinghies posted by John Nichols on November 15, 2005 at 14:30:13:

Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell.

Ran most of his fleet on to the Scillies, October 1707.

It is said that he was the only person to get ashore alive, but that didn't help him because the locals killed him for his emerald ring.

Shows,indeed,the value of accurate navigation.


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