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The first and most famous HMS Royal George was a First-rate Ship of the Line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard in 1756. She sank at Spithead on 29 August 1782 with the loss of more than 800 lives. This is one of six ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...
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On the date of the sinking, the HMS Royal George, under the command of Richard Kempenfelt, was preparing to sail with a fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Howe to Gibraltar. The ships were anchored at Spithead to take on supplies. The Royal George was being heeled at an angle to allow for minor repairs below the waterline, while rum casks were being loaded aboard at the same time. It is believed that during these operations the lower deck gunports were not properly secured, causing an inrush of water. The ship rolled over rapidly and sank, taking with her around 800 people, including up to 300 women and 60 children who were visiting the ship in harbour. Richard Kempenfelt (1718 - August 1782) was a British rear-admiral. ...
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A court martial failed to attribute blame and acquitted the officers and crew (many of whom had perished), blaming the accident on the "general state of decay of her timbers." A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law. ...
The incident ranks as the worst single peace time disaster in the history of the British Royal Navy.
The wreck of the Royal George was investigated in one of the earliest uses of hard hat diving techniques. The wreck, which was close to the site of Mary Rose, was destroyed with explosives in the early 1840s. The Mary Rose depicted on the Anthony Roll, a survey of Henry VIIIs navy, completed in 1546 The Mary Rose was a carrack of 78 guns (91 guns after 1536), built in Portsmouth, England, in 1509–1510, thought to be named after King Henry VIIIs sister Mary and...
Second HMS Royal George The second HMS Royal George was a 22-gun Corvette operating on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. In November 1812, the Royal George was the largest warship on the lake, operating under the command of British Commodore Hugh Earl (or "Earle"). On November 9, the ship was intercepted by an American fleet of seven ships under the command of U.S. Commodore Isaac Chauncey, but managed to escape to the safety of its home harbour at Kingston, Ontario. For the automobile, see Chevrolet Corvette. ...
Lake Ontario seen from near Wolcott, New York Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought in North America between the United States and Great Britain. ...
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Isaac Chauncey (20 February 1779 - 27 January 1840) was an officer in the United States Navy. ...
Kingston, Ontario, with a population of approximately 142,819 people, is located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. ...
References David Hepper - British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859 (1994)
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