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 (1797) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, previously the Dutch Jupiter. She was captured at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 but was not viable and was only used as a prison ship (for French prisoners) being sold out of the Royal Navy 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 (1885) was an Admiral-class battleship launched in 1885, hulked in 1908 and sold in 1911.
HMS Camperdown (D32) 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 21 October 1970 and 31 May 1994.

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Dutch ship <i>Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes De Vries</i>

The Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes de Vries was a Dutch 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the navy of the Admiralty of Friesland, one of five provincial naval forces of the United Republic of the Netherlands' In 1795, following the French occupation of the Netherlands, this ship was taken over by the Batavian Republic, and in 1797 was captured by the Royal Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of Friesland. In 1783 the Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes de Vries sailed to the Mediterranean Sea under Captain Van der Beets. When she returned in the Dutch Republic she was laid up in ordinary until 1795.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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