Memorial to Sir Cloudesley Shovell (plaque inset) and The Loaded Camel rock in the background.
July 2005.
On the night of 22nd October 1707 (old calendar), HMS Association hits the outer Gilstone rock losing 800 souls.
Barely alive, Sir Cloudesley Shovell washes up on the beach at Porth Hellick,
only to be murdered by the woman who discovers him, for the sake of his priceless emerald ring.
He was buried here, and exhumed later to be interred in Westminster Abbey.
The disaster led to the the Longitude Act of 1714, offering a large prize to anyone who could find a method
of determinng longitude accurately at sea.
