The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-25 00:00:00

LORD DUNCAN'S FLAG SHIP.

A paragraph has been making the round of the papers,
to the effect that the Venerable, Lord Duncan's flag-ship
in the North Seas, and at Camperdown, had been sold for
4,000/., and was about to be broken up. This statement
is erroneous. The Venerable which so nobly carried Lord
Duncan's flag into action off Camperdown, and returned in
triumph to the shores of England; was many years ago lost
in Torbay, in a gale of wind from the eastward, when com-
manded by Captain Hunter, our first New South Wales
Governor. The Venerable now ordered to be broken up
was therefore only named after the original Venerable, and
although even she might have deserved a nobler fate, on ac-
count of her clarion el venerabile nonien, yet she had no
pretensions to the glory that belonged to her predecessor.
It would indeed have been a national disgrace if Lord
Duncan's flag-ship had been sold to be broken up, for not
only is its name associated with one of the most brilliant
and important naval victories that ever graced the Bri-
tish arms, but it is also connected with the imperish-
able memory of the gallant and judicious conduct of
Lord Duncan when blockading the Texel. During that
awful mutiny, which struck terror throughout the
,country,
and at a time when General Hoehe was ready to sail with
40,000 men from the Texel to invade Ireland, the intrepid
Admiral having quelled the first symptoms of mutiny in the
Venerable, remained steady at his post, and maintained the
blockade. The Dutch Admiral could not believe that the
British fleet were not at hand, and by exchanging signals
with the Adamant, commanded by Captain, now Sir William
Hotham, he for several weeks kept up this impression.
When told on one occasion that the whole of the Dutch
fleet were under weigh, and that there was no safety but in
flight, Lord Duncan very calmly ordered the lead to he
hove. When the depth of water was reported, he then looked
at his flag flying at the mast-head, and resolutely said,
" Then, when they have sunk us, my flag will still fly."
The moral effect of such a speech may be easily conceived ;
and when he was rejoined by the rest of his flect,never did the
crew of a British man-of-war more enthusiastically support
the honour of the British name than did the crew of the
Venerable. Their first broadside, as they proudly broke
through the Dutch line of Battle, disabled the enemy's
Vice-Admiral, and is said to have destroyed or disabled
'2BO men. Their second broadside was poured into Admi-
ral de Winter's flag-ship, who returned the fire with great
spirit, and for some time the Venerable was exposed to the
attack of four of the enemy's ships. But nothing could
damp the spirit of her undaunted crew, and their triumph,
with that of their illustrious chief, was complete. For the
sake of the British navy, it is to be hoped that the name
of the Venerable, along with that of the Victory, will ne-
ver be allowed to drop out of the list of British ships of war.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1837.

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