HMS Duncan
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Seven Royal Navy
ships have been named HMS Duncan, after Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown
, hero of the Battle of Camperdown
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Motto: Secundis dubusque rectus (Upright in prosperity and peril).
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
ships have been named HMS Duncan, after Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan was a British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory was considered one of the most significant actions in naval history.-Life:...
, hero of the Battle of Camperdown
Battle of Camperdown
The Battle of Camperdown was a major naval action fought on 11 October 1797 between a Royal Navy fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Dutch Navy fleet under Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter...
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- HMS Duncan was built as the East Indiaman Carron, purchased upon completion in 1804, renamed HMS Dover in 1807 and wrecked in 1811.
- HMS DuncanHMS Duncan (1811)HMS Duncan was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 2 December 1811 at Deptford Wharf.She was placed on harbour service in 1834, and was broken up in 1863....
was a 74-gun third-rateThird-rateIn the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
launched in 1811, reduced to harbour service in 1826, and broken up 1863. - HMS Duncan was a 101-gun screw-propelled first-rateFirst-rateFirst rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line. While the size and establishment of guns and men changed over the 250 years that the rating system held sway, from the early years of the eighteenth century the first rates comprised those ships mounting 100...
launched in 1859, employed on harbour service as HMS Pembroke in 1890, renamed HMS Tenedos in 1905, and sold in 1910. - HMS DuncanHMS Duncan (1901)HMS Duncan was the lead ship of the six-ship Duncan class of Royal Navy predreadnought battleships.-Technical Description:HMS Duncan was laid down by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, on 10 July 1899, launched on 21 March 1901, and completed in October 1903.Duncan and her five...
, launched in 1901, was a battleshipBattleshipA battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
of the Duncan classDuncan class battleshipThe Duncan class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy. From 1889, Britain's “rank as a first-class power was bound up with its Mediterranean position” and these lightly armoured fast ships were intended to help meet combined Russian and French threats. Their period of...
which saw action against German installations on the Belgian coast in World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and was sold in 1920. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/duncan_class.htm - HMS DuncanHMS Duncan (D99)HMS Duncan was a D-class destroyer leader built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet before she was transferred to the China Station in early 1935 where she remained until mid-1939. Duncan returned to the Mediterranean Fleet just after...
was a D-classD class destroyerTwo classes of Royal Navy destroyer have been named "D class".* D-class destroyer * Later orders of the C and D class destroyer from the 1930-31 Programme....
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
, launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1945. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/c+d_class.htm - HMS DuncanHMS Duncan (F80)HMS Duncan was the fifth RN ship named after Admiral Adam Duncan. She was a of the Royal Navy that served in the Cod Wars.She was involved in the First Cod War between United Kingdom and Iceland over fishing rights, intervening between the Icelandic coastguard and British trawlers.She was an...
was a Type 14 frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
in service from 1957 to 1985. - HMS DuncanHMS Duncan (D37)HMS Duncan is the sixth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' class of air defence destroyer planned to be built for the Royal Navy. Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown , who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.-Construction:Duncans...
was announced in 2002 to be the sixth ship in the Type 45 destroyerType 45 destroyerThe United Kingdom's Type 45 destroyer is an air defence destroyer programme of the Royal Navy which will replace its Type 42 destroyers. The first ship in the class, HMS Daring, was launched on 1 February 2006 and commissioned on 23 July 2009. The ships are now built by BAE Systems Surface Ships...
class. Construction began on 26 January 2007, and the ship was launched on 11 October 2010.
Motto: Secundis dubusque rectus (Upright in prosperity and peril).