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Richard Grindall
Born 1750
Holborn, London, England
Died 23 May 1820
Wickham, Hampshire, England
Nationality Flag of England English
Occupation Royal Navy Officer

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Grindall, KCB (1750 - 23 May 1820) was an officer in the British Royal Navy whose distinguished career during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars was highlighted by his presence at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when despite being cursed with the slow and ungainly 98 gun HMS Prince was instrumental in the final stages of the battle and especially in the chaotic storm which followed, when many of the British fleet would have been lost but for the efforts of Grindall and other captains of largely undamaged ships. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Wickham, formerly spelled Wykeham, is a Civil parish and small Market town in Hampshire, southern England, about three miles Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts from 1792 until 1802 fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Battle of Trafalgar ( 21 October 1805) was a historic sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Life She saw relatively little action during her career and seems to have been a relatively poor sailer—she sailed according to one observing captain 'like a haystack

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Biography

Born in 1750, Grindall joined the Resolution on 07 January 1772 as an Able Seaman on James Cook Second voyage (1772–75). Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a See also Seafarer's professions and ranks An Able Seaman (AB is an unlicensed member of the Deck department of a Merchant ship. Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and He messed with the midshipmen during the voyage.

Grindall had a late initiation to the Royal Navy, only making lieutenant [1] in 1776, a full eight years past the date most of his contemporaries had reached that rank. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Almost his entire service was spent in ships of the line especially flagships, including HMS Barfleur, Samuel Hood's flagship in the West Indies during 1781[2]. A ship-of-the-line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th century through the mid-19th century to take part in the the naval tactic known as the Line of battle Samuel Hood may refer to two British admirals Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood (1724&ndash1816 Sir Samuel Hood 1st Baronet (1762&ndash1814 The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In this ship he saw his first action off Martinique and was promoted two year later to Post Captain. Martinique is an Island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a land area of 1128 km² Post-Captain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. [3]

The outbreak of the Revolutionary War saw him in command of the frigate HMS Thalia, but after an uneventful time in command he was transferred to HMS Irresistible in 1795 and was engaged with the French Brest fleet in the battle of Groix. For the bird see Frigatebird. A frigate /ˈfrɪgɪt/ is a warship Citations and notes Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Brest (bʁɛst in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. The Second Battle of Groix was a naval engagement that took place on 23 June 1795 during the French Revolutionary War off the west coast of France The next eight years was slow and uneventful for Grindall, consisting of constant blockade and convoy work and little chance for action or excitement. Following the Peace of Amiens, this seemed likely to continue, as he was given the huge Prince, which had a reputation for "sailing like a haystack". The Treaty of Amiens temporarily ended the hostilities between France and the United Kingdom during the French Revolutionary Wars. This unfortunately proved to be the case, and the boring blockade duty continued, joining Nelson off Cadiz in 1805. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British Cádiz ( Spanish:) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of the same name, a province which is one of eight It was on the 21 October that the combined Franco-Spanish fleet attempted to escape and Grindall lined up in Collingwood's division to attack them. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood 1st Baron Collingwood ( 26 September 1748 &ndash 7 March 1810) was an Admiral of the

Unfortunately for Grindall's hopes of action, the ship was such an awful sailer that she was passed by her whole division, and took over two hours to cover the two or three miles to reach the battle. By the time she arrived most of the enemy fleet was in British hands or had fled, leaving few targets for the Prince's massive broadsides. She did fire on the Spanish flagship Principe de Asturias and the already blazing Achille but was not attacked and suffered no damage or casualties. Achille in art She figures on The Battle of Trafalgar by Turner Making the most of his unique position, Grindall immediately launched boats and rescued hundreds of struggling survivors in the water, including many from the sinking Achille.

In the week of ferocious storms which followed the battle the sturdy Prince was invaluable, providing replacement stores to more battered ships and towing those that needed it. She also played the humanitarian very successfully, at one point saving 350 men from the sinking Santissima Trinidad who would otherwise have drowned. Design & construction She was built at Havana, Cuba to a design by Irish Naval architect Matthew Mullan and launched in 1769 as an When his laden ship arrived at Gibraltar, it was ready to sail again in a matter of hours. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar

Thanks to his good long service record, Grindall was made a Rear-Admiral[4] and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath [5] in the general promotion which followed the action on the 9 November. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all This however spelt doom for his career, as so many admirals were created that not enough posts could be found for them, and Grindall was one of the promoted men who never commanded at sea again, taking a shore appointment in late 1805 and retiring with his family soon afterwards as a Vice-Admiral[6]. His retiremnet was a difficult one however, as two of his sons who had joined the navy in their father's footsteps, Edmund and Festing Horatio [7], died in 1811 and 1812 from unconnected illness. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year When Richard Grindall died in Wickham in 1820 he was interred next to them [8], joined by his wife Katherine in 1831. Wickham, formerly spelled Wykeham, is a Civil parish and small Market town in Hampshire, southern England, about three miles Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a

Further reading

Fiction

Appears as a character in the book Hornblower and the Hotspur, C. S. Forester, ISBN 0-14-002901-X. Hornblower and the Hotspur (published 1962) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C Cecil Scott Forester was the Pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith ( August 27 1899 – April 2, 1966) an English

References

  1. ^ 29 November 1776
  2. ^ 21 December 1781
  3. ^ 13 March 1783
  4. ^ Rear Admiral of the Blue 9 November 1805, of the White 28 April 1808, of the Red 25 October 1809
  5. ^ 2 January 1815
  6. ^ Vice Admiral of the Blue 31 July 1810, of the White 12 August 1812, of the Red 4 June 1814
  7. ^ Was also at Trafalgar, as a midshipman on board Victory. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Rear admiral is a Naval Commissioned officer rank above that of a Commodore and Captain, and below that of a Vice Admiral. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Vice Admiral is a naval rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Construction In December 1758 the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a Dry dock for the construction of a new First-rate
  8. ^ St Nicholas Church, Wickham, Hampshire

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