Bourne End Auction Rooms
Bourne End Auction Rooms
£110
Wreck coins - H.M.S Association - William III (1689-1702), Sixpence, pair dated 1697, First Laureate and draped bust, right ./. , crowned cruciform shields, around central rampant lion, with one certificate from W.H. Land & son sale
HMS Association, which served as the flagship to Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell in the Mediterranean during the War of Spanish Succession. Where she saw action at the Capture of Gibraltar and Battle of Toulon.
HMS Association was sadly wrecked during the Scilly Naval Disaster of 1707. Said to have gone down in three to four minutes losing all men onboard, roughly 800. Including Admiral Shovell.
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