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Disaster at Spithead sinks Royal George with 1290 aboard
A Royal Navy first rate, Royal George of 100 guns, capsized during a careen at Spithead. About 1290 people were aboard, including 250 women. 255 seamen and 47 marines were saved, and Admiral Kempenfelt perished. The wreck caused widespread death, with crews, boats, and nearby vessel the Lark Sloop Virtualler swallowed by the vortex.
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Spithead
London
Portsmouth
Royal George
Admiral Kempenfelt
Admiralty
Martin Waghorne
Monings Hollingbery
Joseph Wittman
John Stephens
Philip Charles Durham
Jeremiah Wigners
Wm. Richardson
Wm. Leslie
Victory
Saunders
Graeme
Marines
Simonds
Curtis
Bartrim
Surrel
Kenwood
Fitch
Carpenter
Williams
Woolwich
Lord Anson
Admiral Boscawen
Lord Hawke
Lord Rodney
Lord Howe
Jamaica
Rodney
West Indies
Brett
Barrington
East Indies
Westminster
Kempenfelt
Macbiide
Artois
Parker
Douglas
Princess Amelia
Admiral Barrington
Edgar
Bath