Hymn on the last day  said to have been written, during a storm at sea, by Richard Kempenfelt, Esq; rear admiral of the blue: who went down in the Royal George, when she foundered at Spithead, on Thursday the 29th of August, 1782. (tune, God save the King.).

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Richard Kempenfelt

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Hymn on the last day said to have been written, during a storm at sea, by Richard Kempenfelt, Esq; rear admiral of the blue: who went down in the Royal George, when she foundered at Spithead, on Thursday the 29th of August, 1782. (tune, God save the King.).