Admiral of the White Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is best
Portrait by John Hoppner, c. 1798
1792 portrait of Duncan by Henri-Pierre Danloux
Duncan speaks to his crew to persuade them not to join the mutiny
Statue of Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Battle of Camperdown
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The Battle of Camperdown was fought on 11 October 1797 between the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet under Admiral of the Blue Adam Duncan and a Batavian Navy fleet led by Vice-admiral Jan Willem de Winter
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan
…Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for defeating the Batavian Navy at the 1797 Battle of Camperdown, which was one of the most significant naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars. Adam was the second son of Alexander Duncan, Baron of Lundie…
The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 Thomas Whitcombe, 1798
Contemporary drawing of Duncan's attack with a legend showing the location of each ship, a few moments before firing began.