The Association
The Association: still unexplained.
An admiral's fleet and its plate
The flagship Association and three other ships smashed into the Scilly Isles in 1707 in one of Britain's worst naval disasters, drowning an admiral and a fortune in silver and plate.
- The site is documented at Isles of Scilly, England; the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
- Confirm the permit and ownership before any dive or visit, since sites like this are usually protected.
- What is there: An admiral's fleet and its plate.
What remains open
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.
- The site is documented at Isles of Scilly, England; the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
- Confirm the permit and ownership before any dive or visit, since sites like this are usually protected.
- What is there: An admiral's fleet and its plate.
- Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
- Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
- Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.
Have a source, a map, or a clipping? Add a lead and it enters the record with its citation.
- The Association · archive record · tertiary · encyclopedia
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