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Kempenfelt Bay School
Kempenfelt may refer to: * Richard Kempenfelt 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 accid ... (1718–1782), admiral in the Royal Navy. * Several ships of the Royal Navy named HMS ''Kempenfelt''. * Kempenfelt Bay, an arm of Lake Simcoe around which lies Barrie, Ontario, Canada {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kempenfelt
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 accidentally sank at Portsmouth the following year. He was born at Westminster. His father, a Swede, was a professional soldier in the British service. Naval career Richard Kempenfelt was commissioned a lieutenant in January 1741. He saw service in the West Indies, taking part in the capture of Portobelo during the War of Jenkins' Ear. In 1746 he returned to Britain, and from then until 1780, when he was made rear admiral, he saw active service in the East Indies with Sir George Pocock and in various quarters of the world. In 1779 he was made Chief of Staff or Captain of the Fleet under Admiral Sir Charles Hardy on which was to lead a hastily assembled fleet to oppose an invasion of England set to begin with the destruction of the Ports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Kempenfelt
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Kempenfelt'', after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt: * was a flotilla leader launched in 1915 and sold for scrapping in 1921. * was a C-class destroyer launched in 1931. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 and renamed . She was wrecked in 1945, and the hulk was sold in 1952. * was a W-class destroyer initially named HMS ''Valentine''. She was launched in 1943, sold to the Yugoslav Navy The Yugoslav Navy ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска ратна морнарица, Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica, Yugoslav War Navy), was the navy of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the miss ... in 1956, where she was named ''Kotor''. She was withdrawn from service in 1971. *HMS ''Kempenfelt'' was the proposed name for the V-class destroyer HMS ''Valentine'', but she was renamed prior to her launch. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kempenfelt Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
