&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Association_(1697).jpg) An 18th-century engraving of the Scilly naval disaster, with HMS Association in the centre
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| History | |
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| Name | Association |
| Ordered | 20 December 1694 |
| Builder | Bagwell, Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched | 1 January 1697 |
| Commissioned | July 1697 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 22 October 1707 (OS) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 90-gun second-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1459 32⁄94bm |
| Length | 165 ft (50.3 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 45 ft 4 in (13.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 3 in (5.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 800 officers and men (approx.) |
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Association was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1697.[1][2] She served with distinction at the capture of Gibraltar, and was lost in 1707 by grounding on the Isles of Scilly in the greatest maritime disaster of the age. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.