Battle of Camperdown
Battle of Camperdown, white metal medal, , 1797, by T. Wyon Sr, uniformed bust of Admiral Duncan three-quarters right, LORD VIST. DUNCAN OF CAMPERDOWN/ ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, rev. Britannia seated leaning on a rudder with ensign in left hand, BRITANNIA TRIUMPHANT/ DUTCH FLEET DEFEATED/ 11 SHIPS TAKEN/ OCTR. 11. 1797, 39 mm (BHM 428). One or two minor marks, otherwise extremely fine. £Sold
Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan (1731-1804), Admiral. Present at the blockade of Brest in 1759; also involved at Belle Isle in 1761 and Havanna in 1762. He sat on the Court Martial of Admiral Keppel in 1779. In October 1797 a Dutch fleet was preparing to escort a large body of troops for the invasion of Ireland. Duncan, who had been maintaining a blockade, forced the Dutch into action capturing nine enemy ships together with their admiral.
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