HMS Duncan

HMS Duncan

Six Royal Navy ships have been named HMS "Duncan", after Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, hero of the Battle of Camperdown.

* HMS "Duncan" was built as the East Indiaman "Carron", purchased upon completion in 1804, renamed HMS "Dover" in 1807 and wrecked in 1811.
* HMS "Duncan" was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1811, reduced to harbour service in 1826, and broken up 1863.
* HMS "Duncan" was a 101-gun screw-propelled first-rate launched in 1859, employed on harbour service as HMS "Pembroke" in 1890, renamed HMS "Tenedos" in 1905, and sold in 1910.
* HMS "Duncan", launched in 1901, was a battleship of the "Duncan" class which saw action against German installations on the Belgian coast in World War I and was sold in 1920. [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/duncan_class.htm]
* HMS "Duncan" (D99) was a D-class destroyer, launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1945. [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/c+d_class.htm]
* HMS "Duncan" (F80) was a Type 14 frigate in service from 1957 to 1985.
* HMS "Duncan" (D37) was announced in 2002 to be the sixth ship in the Type 45 destroyer class. Construction began on 26 January 2007.

Motto: "Secundis dubusque rectus" (Upright in prosperity and peril).

See also

See also ships of the US Navy called USS "Duncan"


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