THE COINS OF SUNKEN TREASURE SHIPS
Association, wrecked 1707.
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
BOLIVIA - COLONIAL |
| Design Description: |
PIillars and Waves |
| Item Description: |
0.9310 Silver. .8103oz. ASW 8R 1691P VR , KM 26, Menzel Po-312 ASSOCIATION WRECK |
| Full Grade: |
NGC FINE Details |
| Owner: |
oldgoatsboats |
Owner Comments:
DESCRIPTION
DATE: 1691
MONARCH: Charles II
ASSAYER: VR- Pedro de Villar
WEIGHT: 26.5 g.
The 1707 SHIPWRECK OF THE ENGLISH MAN O' WAR HMS ASSOCIATION.
The coin shown above was recovered from the famous wreck of HMS Association, the English flagship lost with 800 hands on Gilstone Reef in the Isles of Scilly on the terrible night of 22nd October 1707.
Determined to spend the winter of 1707 at home, the Lord High Admiral of England, Sir Cloudisley Shovell, set sail from Gibralter on the 29th of September on his 90 gun flagship HMS Association. Entering tempestuous English waters in a howling gale on October the 22nd and what can only be called guess work navigation, the renowned Admiral - known for his "bravery almost to point of folly"- gave the foolhardy order that led his storm tossed fleet of 29 great Men o'War straight onto the treacherous rocks of the Isles of Scilly, sending 4 mighty warships and 1,800 men-including all 800 on board the Association- to their tragic end. Anguished screams of terror and the dreadful rending of ships timbers joined the thundering roar of wind and water as the battered ships were lost to the raging sea.