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Arthur Kempe


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service10.1.1771CSORN
Last Known Service19.7.1821CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
10.1.1771 LieutenantCSORN
10.8.1775 CommanderCSORN
10.8.177526.8.1775
Favorite (16) 1757-1784
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/112
ADM 6/21
18.9.177517.9.1777
Wolf (8) 1754-1781
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/121
BWAS-1714
16.10.177810.5.1780
Alderney (10) 1757-1783
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/461
BWAS-1714
10.5.1780 CaptainCSORN
10.5.17803.9.1781
Termagant (26) 1780-1795
British 26 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/128
BWAS-1714
3.17975.1797
Sardine (16) 1796-1806
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
14.2.1799 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
1.6.1801 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
23.4.1804 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
9.11.1805 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
28.4.1808 Vice-Admiral of the RedCSORN
31.7.1810 Admiral of the BlueCSORN
4.12.1813 Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
19.7.1821 Admiral of the RedTRN3

Notes on Officer


BiographyRNB1823

This officer was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, May 10, 1780; Rear-Admiral, Feb. 14, 1799; Vice-Admiral, April 23, 1804; and Admiral, July 31, 1810.

ARTHUR KEMPE, Esq. (p. 122.) Assisted at the glorious affair of Quebec, where the immortal Wolfe fell; and accompanied Captains Cooke and Fourneaux in their respective voyages of discovery, sharing with them all the dangers of untried seas and inhospitable shores.

 



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Posted by Richard on Wednesday 21st of September 2016 10:38

Ghosts of Cornwall, by Peter Underwood, ISBN 978-1-89938310-8 entry under Veryan gives anecdote where a visual phenomenon supposed to be of Admiral Kempe was seen by several people.


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