The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Battle of Camperdown

1797 battle of the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Camperdown was fought on 11 October 1797 between the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Batavian Navy fleet led by Vice-Admiral Jan Willem de Winter. Duncan's fleet won a complete victory over de Winter's in what was the most significant…