Four ships of the Royal Navy and a divisions of the Royal Naval Reserve have been named HMS Camperdown after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797: was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, previously the Dutch Jupiter. She was captured at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 but was not viable and was only used as a prison ship (for French prisoners) being sold out of the Royal Navy in 1817. HMS Camperdown was a 106-gun first rate 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. References Royal Navy ship names