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<p> A celebrated English admiral, born at Clay, in Norfolk; was apprenticed to a cobbler, but ran away to sea, and rose from grade to grade till in 1674 we find him a lieutenant in the [[Mediterranean]] fleet; was knighted in 1689 for his gallantry as commander of a ship in the battle of Bantry Bay, and in the following year as rear-admiral was prominent at the engagement off Beachy Head; in 1692 gave heroic assistance to [[Admiral]] Russell at La Hogue, and in 1702 to Rooke at Malaga; elevated to the commandership of the English fleets he in 1705 captured Barcelona, but on his way home from an unsuccessful attack upon [[Toulon]] was wrecked on the Scilly Isles and drowned (1650-1707). </p> | Sir Cloudesley Shovel <ref name="term_79861" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A celebrated English admiral, born at Clay, in Norfolk; was apprenticed to a cobbler, but ran away to sea, and rose from grade to grade till in 1674 we find him a lieutenant in the [[Mediterranean]] fleet; was knighted in 1689 for his gallantry as commander of a ship in the battle of Bantry Bay, and in the following year as rear-admiral was prominent at the engagement off Beachy Head; in 1692 gave heroic assistance to [[Admiral]] Russell at La Hogue, and in 1702 to Rooke at Malaga; elevated to the commandership of the English fleets he in 1705 captured Barcelona, but on his way home from an unsuccessful attack upon [[Toulon]] was wrecked on the Scilly [[Isles]] and drowned (1650-1707). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79861"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/shovel,+sir+cloudesley Sir Cloudesley Shovel from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79861"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/shovel,+sir+cloudesley Sir Cloudesley Shovel from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:01, 15 October 2021
Sir Cloudesley Shovel [1]
A celebrated English admiral, born at Clay, in Norfolk; was apprenticed to a cobbler, but ran away to sea, and rose from grade to grade till in 1674 we find him a lieutenant in the Mediterranean fleet; was knighted in 1689 for his gallantry as commander of a ship in the battle of Bantry Bay, and in the following year as rear-admiral was prominent at the engagement off Beachy Head; in 1692 gave heroic assistance to Admiral Russell at La Hogue, and in 1702 to Rooke at Malaga; elevated to the commandership of the English fleets he in 1705 captured Barcelona, but on his way home from an unsuccessful attack upon Toulon was wrecked on the Scilly Isles and drowned (1650-1707).
