3decks - Naval Sailing Warfare History

Richard Kempenfelt

Page history last edited by Anonymous 1 yr ago

Officer of the British Navy

Richard Kempenfelt

Personal Details

Date of Birth	1718
Place of Birth	Westminster
Father's Name	Lieutenant-Colonel Kempenfelt
Mother's Name
Date of Death	29 August 1762

Naval Service Details

Midshipman

Date

Ship

Notes

Lieutenant

Date	Ship	Notes
14 January 1741		Promoted	B051
27 April 1751	Anson		B051

Commander

Date

Ship

Notes

Captain

Date	Ship	Notes
17 January 1757	Elizabeth	As flag captain to Commodore Charles Stevens	B051
1757-Mar-10	Elizabeth	Sailed for the East Indies	B057
1758-Apr	Elizabeth	Commended in dispatches by Admiral Pocock for his part in the Battle of Cuddalore	B051
1758	Queenborough	Escorting the Revenge (EIC), carrying troops, to Madras to raise the French seige of the city	B051
1758-Oct	Grafton	As flag captain to Rear-Admiral Charles Stevens	B051
1760-Jun	Norfolk	As flag captain to Rear-Admiral Charles Stevens	B051
	Norfolk	As flag captain to Rear-Admiral Samuel Cornish	B051
1760-Sep	Norfolk	At the seige of Manilla	B051
	Norfolk	With Seaford and Seahorse sent to take possession of the Port of Cavite	B051
		Appointed Governor of Cavite by Sir William Draper	B051
	Norfolk	Returned home shortly after as bearer of the Admirals dispatches	B051
1763	Norfolk	Returned to India as flag captain to Rear-Admiral Samuel Cornish	B051
1763	Norfolk	Returned to England, the ship being laid up	B051
1770	Buckingham		B051
1771	Buckingham	Left the command	B051
1778	Alexander		B051
1779-Mar-19	Victory	As captain of the Fleet to Sir Charles Hardy	B051

Rear-Admiral of the Blue

Date	Ship	Notes
26 September 1779	Victory	Promoted by stayed as captain of the Fleet to Sir Charles Hardy	B051
24 May 1789	Victory	Captain of the Fleet under Admiral Geary	B051
26 September 1780	Victory	Captain of the Fleet under Rear-Admiral Francis W Drake	B051
21 September 1781	Victory	As commander of a squadron of 12 ships of the line	B051
	Victory	In the West Indies, took 15 , and sunk 4 vessels of a French convoy	B051
11 March 1782	Royal George	As a flag officer under Barrington sent ot intercept the French squadron from brest	B051
29 August 1782	Royal George	The Royal George sank at anchor in Spithead, Admiral Kempenfelt and about 900 others were drowned	B051

Other Details

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
29 April 1758	Battle of Cuddalore
3 August 1758	Battle of Negapatam
10 September 1759	Battle of Pondicherry

Notes

At the time of his death, Richard Kempenfelt was the youngest flag officer in the navy.

Sources

B051	Biographia Navalis	John Charnock
B057	British Warships In The Age Of Sail 1714-1792	Rif Winfield

Comments (0)

You don't have permission to comment on this page.

Anonymous Create an account or Log in