Admiral Duncan is a public house in Old Compton Street , Soho in central London that is well known as one of Soho 's oldest gay pubs . It is named after Admiral Adam Duncan , who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 . In 1999 , the pub was the scene of a nail bomb attack carried out by neo-Nazi David Copeland
a nail bomb attack
1999 London nail bombings
Admiral Duncan (pub)