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Richard Kempenfelt
Portrait as a rear-admiral
Born
1718 Westminster
Died
(1782-08-29)29 August 1782 Spithead
Years of service
c.1739–1782
Rank
Rear-Admiral
Commands held
HMS Lightning HMS Elizabeth HMS Queenborough HMS Grafton HMS Norfolk Governor of Cavite HMS Buckingham HMS Alexander
Battles/wars
War of the Austrian Succession
Battle of Porto Bello
Battle of Cartagena de Indias
Seven Years' War
Action of 29 April 1758
Battle of Negapatam
Siege of Madras
Battle of Pondicherry
Siege of Pondicherry
Battle of Manila
Falklands Crisis of 1770
American Revolutionary War
Armada of 1779
Battle of Ushant
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 victory against the French at the Second Battle of Ushant and for his death when HMS Royal George accidentally sank at Portsmouth the following year.
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