Four ships of the

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and a divisions of the Royal Naval Reserve have been named HMS ''Camperdown'' after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797: * was a 74-gun

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ship of the line, previously the

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''Jupiter''. She was captured at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 but was not viable and was only used as a

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(for French prisoners) being sold out of the Royal Navy in 1817. * HMS ''Camperdown'' was a 106-gun

first rate In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at ...

launched in 1820 as . 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. * was an launched in 1885, hulked in 1908 and sold in 1911. * was a launched in 1944 and broken up in 1970 * was a Royal Naval Reserve training centre in Dundee supporting Tay Division between 21 October 1970 and 31 May 1994.

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