Admiral Duncan was launched at Shields in 1798. She traded between Britain and North American until she was burnt in 1800. Admiral Duncan was first listed...
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Several vessels have been named Admiral Duncan for Admiral Lord Adam Duncan: Admiral Duncan was launched at Shields in 1798. She traded between Britain and...
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Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804) was a British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October...
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years of the 18th century were named Lord Duncan: Lord Duncan (1798 ship) was launched in New Brunswick in 1798. She transferred to Britain circa 1799....
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Battle of Camperdown (section Duncan's attack)
Navy's North Sea Fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Batavian Navy fleet led by Vice-Admiral Jan Willem de Winter. Duncan's fleet won a complete victory...
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and from 1798 to 1800 served in the Mediterranean Sea as the flagship of a Portuguese squadron which saw service alongside British Admiral Horatio Nelson...
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and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson: With Notes by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas G.C.M.G., The Third Volume, January 1798 to August 1799, Henry...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1798. 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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was pursued across the Mediterranean by a British fleet of 14 ships under Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, who learned of the invasion of Malta while...
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HMS Victory (category 1765 ships)
active service and moored at Chatham Dockyard. In December 1798 she was refitted as a hospital ship for wounded French and Spanish prisoners of war. The decision...
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Camperdown as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Samuel Story. The ship was engaged by HMS Venerable, Admiral Adam Duncan's flagship, and caught fire twice. The...
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Battle of Tory Island (redirect from Action of October 1798)
Fleet under Admiral Sir Adam Duncan. Duncan immediately attacked, and in the ensuing Battle of Camperdown captured or destroyed ten ships and scattered...
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Malabar – launched in 1798 as Cuvera; purchased in 1804; renamed Coromandel in 1815; broken up in 1853 Hindostan – launched 1798 as Admiral Rainier; purchased...
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ships mentioned, which de Winter tried to correct, but not in time. These gaps were later exploited by the British fleet. Meanwhile, Admiral Duncan apparently...
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Edward Sneyd Clay (category Royal Navy rear admirals)
waters by 1798 he took part in the Battle of Camperdown, and was wounded in the heavy fighting. Having impressed his commander, Admiral Adam Duncan, he was...
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HMS Janus (1796) (redirect from Dutch ship Argo (1790))
receiving ship by 1798 and in Ordinary by 1807. The Navy sold her in 1811. HMS Phoenix was attached to the fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan, operating...
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HMS Hindostan (1804) (redirect from Admiral Rainier (1798 ship))
named Admiral Rainier launched at Calcutta in 1799 that the Royal Navy brought into service in May 1804. Before the Royal Navy purchased her, Admiral Rainier...
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the British and Spanish commanders of the fleet, Admiral Sir Samuel Hood (Royal Navy) and Admiral Juan de Lángara (Spanish Navy), responded with 13,000...
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HMS Trent (1796) (category 1796 ships)
1797 but returned to duty when Admiral Adam Duncan's flagship came alongside and threatened to open fire. When Duncan sailed to meet the Dutch fleet,...
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11 October 1797 between a British fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Dutch fleet under Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter. The French Republic had overrun...
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previously been achieved by, amongst others, Admiral George Rodney at the Battle of the Saintes (1782); Admiral Adam Duncan had divided his fleet at Camperdown...
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French Imperial Navy (section List of ships)
the British Channel Fleet in August 1801, frustrating Admiral Horatio Nelson himself. Admiral Denis Decrès, an able administrator but unfortunately more...
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Charles Richardson (Royal Navy officer) (category Royal Navy vice admirals)
personally captured the Dutch admiral Jan Willem de Winter. Afterwards he became flag lieutenant to Admiral Adam Duncan and fought at the Battle of Callantsoog...
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English Channel of Royal Navy ships, ensuring a safe passage for the invasion barges. The admirals of the campaign Vice Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, by Lemuel...
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their fleet was intercepted and defeated by Admiral Adam Duncan at the Battle of Camperdown. In May 1798, the arrest of a number of the leaders of the...
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Amazon-class frigate (1795) (category Ship classes of the Royal Navy)
Sea, joining Admiral Adam Duncan's fleet in July. In May 1797, she left Duncan for service in the Channel. On arrival at Spithead, the ship's crew revolted...
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list of ship launches in 1798 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1798. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Dover Castle' (1798)". Threedecks...
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John Carter (Royal Navy officer) (redirect from Admiral John Carter)
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Carter joined the Navy in January 1798, serving aboard the 28-gun HMS Brilliant in the Mediterranean. In July Brilliant...
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HMS Cornwallis (category Royal Navy ship names)
Five or six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwallis, after Admiral Sir William Cornwallis. HMS Cornwallis (1777) was a 5-gun galley purchased...
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HMS Leander (1780) (redirect from French ship Leander (1780))
1795 under Captain Maurice Delgano. On 12 May 1796, she was part of Admiral Duncan's squadron, when HMS Phoenix, of the squadron, captured the Dutch frigate...
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