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
The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 Thomas Whitcombe, 1798
Adam Duncan, commander of the British fleet at the battle
Duncan speaking to his crew to persuade them not to join the mutiny
Contemporary drawing of Duncan's attack with a legend showing the location of each ship, a few moments before firing began.
Batavian Navy
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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
Battle of Camperdown
…Dutch: Zeeslag bij Kamperduin) 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. Duncan's fleet won a complete victory over de Winter's in what was the most significant engagement…
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