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    Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt (1718 – 29 August 1782) was a British rear admiral who gained a reputation as a naval innovator. He is best known for his...
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  • Kempenfelt may refer to: Richard Kempenfelt (1718–1782), admiral in the Royal Navy. Several ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Kempenfelt. Kempenfelt Bay...
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    Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt in HMS Victory, that had been ordered to sea to intercept the expected convoy. On 12 December, Kempenfelt's squadron sighted...
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    Kempenfelt Bay is a 14.5 km (9.0 mi) long bay that leads into the Canadian city of Barrie, Ontario. It is as deep as 41.5 m (136 ft) in places, and is...
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  • of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kempenfelt, after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt: HMS Kempenfelt (1915) was a Marksman-class flotilla leader...
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    permanent display. The painting depicts Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet, Richard Kempenfelt and Thomas Parry on HMS Norfolk and was purchased by the National...
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    after him. A 1768 painting of Cornish, along with his fellow mariners Richard Kempenfelt and Thomas Parry went on permanent display at Queen's House in Greenwich...
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    commanded by Captain Henry Cromwell and bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, sailed with eleven other ships of the line, a 50-gun fourth-rate...
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    also painted a group portrait of Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet, Richard Kempenfelt and Thomas Parry. In Autumn 2022, the painting went on permanent display...
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    George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe Samuel Barrington Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Richard Kempenfelt John Jervis, 1st Earl of St...
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    HMS Kempenfelt was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. A flotilla leader, she saw service in the Home Fleet before World War...
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    and sank. More than 800 people were lost, including Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, and up to 300 women and 60 children who were visiting the ship. 800...
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  • successful attack was made on Guadeloupe. In September 1760 under Captain Richard Kempenfelt, she was part of the Siege of Pondicherry (1760). On 10 February 1761...
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    under the Comte de Guichen were captured by a Royal Navy fleet led by Richard Kempenfelt led to the loss of many French soldiers. In April the following year...
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  • and television personality; American, Russian and Swedish descent Richard Kempenfelt: rear admiral who gained a reputation as a naval innovator; known...
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  • to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0-356-17609-6. "Richard Kempenfelt". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 27 October 2022. "Monument to Sir John...
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    Stukley Somerset Elizabeth 64 Commodore Charles Steevens Captain Richard Kempenfelt Yarmouth 64 Vice-Admiral George Pocock Captain John Harrison Cumberland...
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    William Brereton HMS Grafton 68 Rear-Admiral Charles Steevens Captain Richard Kempenfelt HMS Yarmouth 66 Vice-Admiral George Pocock Captain John Harrison HMS...
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    Battle of Ushant: The British Royal Navy, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt in HMS Victory, decisively defeats the French fleet in the Bay of...
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    HMS Kempenfelt was a W-class destroyer flotilla leader of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. She was the second destroyer of her name...
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    being replaced by Captain Henry Cromwell, and Ross by Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt. She served as part of Samuel Barrington's squadron from April 1782...
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    Captain John Harrison Elizabeth 64 Commodore Charles Steevens Captain Richard Kempenfelt Tiger 60 Captain Thomas Latham Weymouth 60 Captain John Stukley Somerset...
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    Battle of Ushant: The British Royal Navy, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt in HMS Victory, decisively defeats the French fleet in the Bay of...
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    hoisted his flag aboard the 100-gun first rate HMS Victory, with Richard Kempenfelt as his flag captain and took command of the Channel Fleet. Geary put...
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    HMS Victory, then the flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt. He was then present at Kempenfelt's victory at the Second Battle of Ushant on 12 December...
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    frigate HMS Diana of the Channel fleet at Spithead under Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, and acquitted himself honourably in the various services to which...
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    Great Siege of Gibraltar, later gaining the attention of Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, with whom he served on HMS Victory and HMS Royal George. Durham was...
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  • naval commission and returned to his estate. In 1759, his friend, Richard Kempenfelt, wrote to him "The navy should not have neglected you, nor you it...
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    Caldwell commanded this ship at the Second Battle of Ushant under Richard Kempenfelt with success and the following year had sailed for the Caribbean for...
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    of Admiral Richard Kempenfelt's squadron of 18 ships (11 of which mounted 64 or more guns), which he commanded from HMS Victory. Kempenfelt was ordered...
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