Vice-Admiral William O'Brien Drury was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was born in County Cork, Ireland to Edward Drury and Ann Drury née Maule. His
Miniature portrait of Drury
Memorial of William O'Brien Drury, St. Mary's Church, Madras
The Battle of Camperdown was fought on 11 October 1797 between the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Batavian Navy fleet led by Vice-Admiral Jan Willem de Winter. Duncan's f
The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 Thomas Whitcombe, 1798
Duncan speaking to his crew to persuade them not to join the mutiny
The Battle of Camperdown, William Adolphus Knell
The Battle of Camperdown, painted by Philip de Loutherbourg in 1799.