hundred and twenty-one and reduced the Ardent to something very nearly a wreck: this, and all that he had heard of the Dutch, filled him with respect for their seamanship and their fighting qualities." In William Kinsolving's 1996 novel Mister Christian, Fletcher Christian returns from the South Seas and is wounded in the Battle of Camperdown. Julian Stockwin's character Thomas Kydd is placed at Camperdown in the novel Mutiny. Notes References Bibliography Ships named after the battle 4 ships and a stone frigate were named HMS Camperdown External links 1797 in Europe Battles of the War of the First Coalition Conflicts in 1797 Battle of Camperdown Military history of the North Sea Naval battles involving the Batavian Republic Naval battles involving Great Britain Naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Camperdown Military history of the Batavian Republic