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HMS Camperdown

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Four ships of the Royal Navy and a divisions of the Royal Naval Reserve have been named HMS Camperdown after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797:

  • HMS Camperdown was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, previously the Dutch Jupiter. She was captured at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 and was sold in 1817.
  • HMS Camperdown was a 106-gun first-rate launched in 1820 as HMS Trafalgar. She was renamed HMS Camperdown in 1825, was used for harbour service from 1854 and became a coal hulk in 1857. She was renamed HMS Pitt in 1882 and was sold in 1906.
  • HMS Camperdown was an Admiral-class battleship launched in 1885, hulked in 1908 and sold in 1911.
  • HMS Camperdown was a Battle-class destroyer launched in 1944 and broken up in 1970
  • HMS Camperdown (RNR) was a Royal Naval Reserve training centre in Dundee supporting Tay Division between 21st October 1970 and 31st May 1994.
  • References

    HMS Camperdown Wikipedia