Two Ships and a Bluff: Admiral Duncan, Camperdown, and the Dark Duncan Tartan
The story of the Duncan tartan is closely connected with Admiral Adam Duncan, the Dundee-born naval commander whose name became associated with one of Scotland’s darker tartan patterns. In the last week of May 1797, Admiral Adam Duncan stood on the quarterdeck of his flagship, HMS Venerable, off the Dutch coast, and watched the rest…