Camperdown

Camperdown (Dutch Camperduin), a broad tract of low dunes in North Holland, about 25 miles N. of Haarlem, separating the small hamlet of Camp from the German Ocean, is famous for the victory obtained off the coast here by Admiral Duncan (q.v.) over the Dutch fleet under Admiral van Winter, October 11, 1797. Duncan was created Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, his son (in 1831), Earl of Camperdown.