See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• RICHARD KEMPENFELT (1718-1782)

KEMPENFELT (1718-1782)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• REAR

rear-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster in 1718 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a Swede, is said to have been in the service of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II., and subsequently to have entered the British See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• KEMPENFELT, RICHARD (1718-1782)

Kempenfelt went into the See also:

• NAVY

navy, and saw his first service in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, taking See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Portobello . In 1746 he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and from that date to 1780, when he was made rear-admiral, saw active service in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• POCOCK, SIR GEORGE (1706-1792)

Pocock and in various quarters of the See also:

• WORLD

world . In 1781 he gained, with a vastly inferior force, a brilliant victory, fifty leagues See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west of See also:

• USHANT (Fr. Ouessant)

Ushant, over the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FLEET

fleet under De See also:

• GUICHEN, LUC URBAIN DE BOUEXIC, COMTE DE (1712—1790)

Guichen, capturing twenty prizes . In 1782 he hoisted his See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag on the " Royal George," which formed part of the fleet under See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August this fleet was ordered to refit at See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed at See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth, and proceed to the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar . A leak having been located below the waterline of the " Royal George," the See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel was careened to allow of the defect being repaired . According to the version of the disaster favoured by the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty, she was over-turned by a See also:

• BREEZE

breeze . But the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of the navy was that the shifting of her weights was more than the old and rotten timbers of the " Royal George " could stand . A large piece of her bottom See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell out, and she went down at once . It is estimated that not fewer than 800 persons went down with her, for besides the See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew there were a large number of tradesmen, See also:

• WOMEN

women and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board .

Kempenfelt, who was in his See also:

• CABIN

cabin, perished with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest . See also:

• COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800)
• COWPER, WILLIAM COWPER, 1ST EARL (c. 1665-1723)

Cowper's poem, the " Loss of the Royal George," commemorates this disaster . Kempenfelt effected See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical alterations and improvements in the signalling See also:

• SYSTEM

system then existing in the British navy . A See also:

• PAINTING

painting of the loss of the " Royal George " is in the Royal See also:

• UNITED

United Service Institution, See also:

• LONDON

London . See See also:

• CHARNOCK (or CHERNOCK), ROBERT (c.1663–1696)
• CHARNOCK, JOB (d. 1693)

Charnock's Biog . See also:

• NAY, or NEY

Nay., vi . 246, and Ralfe's See also:

• NAVAL

Naval See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

Biographies, i . 215 .