Duncan, Adam

Duncan, Adam
(1731-1804)
   Entered the navy 1755; commanded the Royal Exchange, 1759-1760; commander-in-chief in the North Sea, 1759-1801; defeated the Dutch off Camperdown, 1797. Raised to the peerage as Viscount Camperdown.
   Index: Bk Gains victory off Camperdown, 12.
   Bib.: Dict. Nat. Biog.

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  • DUNCAN, ADAM, VISCOUNT —    a British admiral, born at Dundee; entered the navy in 1746; steadily rose in rank till, in 1795, he became admiral of the Blue and commander of the North Sea fleet in 1795; kept watching the movements of the Dutch squadron for two years, till …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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