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The Batavian Navy was the navy of the Batavian Republic which existed from 1795 to 1806. Founded in May 1795 after the Dutch Republic was overrun by France during the French Revolutionary Wars and tra
The ensign, jack and pennon of the Batavian navy
A Peep into Saldanha Bay or Dutch Perfidy Rewarded by Isaac Cruikshank
Vice-Admiral Jan Willem de Winter, commander-in-chief of the Batavian fleet
The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797, Thomas Whitcombe
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
Batavian Navy
…the roadstead by the seasonal westerly winds, which prevented it from sailing out. In this frustrating time interval the Channel squadron of Admiral Adam Duncan became operational again after the spring mutinies; Great Britain amassed an army of 80,000 troops in Ireland; General Lazare Hoche, the great promoter…
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