F. S. Bell used. F. S. Bell Captain Frederick Secker Bell CB (17 August 1897 – 23 November 1973) of the Royal Navy was the commander of during the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. He was educated at Matfield Grange, a prep school in Kent, and then at the Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth. He served afloat in the battleship at the Battle of Jutland, as First Lieutenant of the destroyer in the Reserve Fleet at Devonport, 1923–25, and as executive officer of from 1935–38 and was promoted captain on 31 December 1938. He took command of in
HMS Royal George (1756) today, for the North Wing of Burghley House. Timber salvaged from the "Royal George" was also used to make the coffin for the famous menagerie owner George Wombwell who died in 1850. Several of the salvaged bronze cannon were melted down to form the base of Nelson's column in London's Trafalgar Square. A 24-pounder from the ship is part of the Royal Armouries collection and is on display at Southsea Castle. a. "Royal George"s usual complement was 867. HMS Royal George (1756) HMS "Royal George" was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich