and suffered no damage or casualties. 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. At one point she also saved 350 men from the sinking who would otherwise have drowned. When his laden ship arrived at Gibraltar, it was ready to sail again in a matter of hours. Thanks to his long and favourable service record, Grindall was made a rear admiral of the Blue on 9 November 1805, of the White on 28 April 1808, of the Red on 25 October 1809 and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 2 January 1815, in the general promotion which followed the action on 9 November. However, this meant the effective end of his career, as so many admirals were created that not enough posts could be found for them. 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 of the Blue on 31 July 1810, of the White on 12 August 1812, and of the Red on 4 June 1814. His retirement was a difficult one however, as two of his sons who had joined the navy in their father's footsteps, Edmund and Festing Horatio, died in 1811 and 1812 from unconnected illness. The latter had also been present at Trafalgar, as a midshipman on board . When Richard Grindall died in Wickham in 1820 he was interred next to them at St Nicholas Church, Wickham, Hampshire, joined by his wife Katherine in 1831. Namesakes Grindall Island in the Clarence Strait, Alaska, takes its name from nearby Grindall Point and Grindall Passage, named after him by Captain George Vancouver. In fiction Grindall appears as a character in the book Hornblower and the Hotspur by C. S. Forester, . Further reading The Trafalgar Captains, Colin White and the 1805 Club, Chatham Publishing, London, 2005, References External links Richard Grindall bio Animation of the Battle of Trafalgar 1750 births 1820 deaths People from Holborn Royal Navy vice admirals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Royal Navy captains at the Battle