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Admiral Duncan pub bombing
The Admiral Duncan pub
Location	Old Compton Street, Soho, London
Target(s)	Admiral Duncan pub
Date	April 30, 1998
Attack Type	Nail bomb
Fatalities	3
Injuries	approximately 70
Perpetrator(s)	David Copeland

The Admiral Duncan is a pub in Old Compton Street, Soho in the heart of London's gay district. It is named after Admiral Adam Duncan, who defeated the Dutch fleet at Camperdown in 1797.

This is a historical view of the many landlords that were at the Admiral Duncan, 38 Old Compton Street.

[edit] Bombing

On April 30, 1999, it was the scene of a bomb blast when David Copeland, as part of a series of bombings against gay people and ethnic minorities, detonated a nailbomb which killed three people (including a pregnant woman) and wounded around 70.

It was once in the ownership of the Scottish & Newcastle Brewery but changed hands in 2004 and is now owned by the Tattershall Castle Group.

The place has changed from the picture - it has been repainted bright pink. Also, Westminster City Council made the Admiral Duncan and all other bars in Soho take down their gay pride flags. The Council claimed to be enforcing a rule requiring permits for flagpoles.

Bar manager David Morley, who survived the bombing, was murdered in London on October 30, 2004 [1].