HMS Duncan

Seven 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. [1]
HMS Duncan was a D-class destroyer, launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1945. [2]
HMS Duncan was a Type 14 frigate in service from 1957 to 1985.
HMS Duncan was announced in 2002 to be the sixth ship in the Type 45 destroyer class. Construction began on 26 January 2007, and the ship was launched on 11 October 2010.

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

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