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Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1748 – 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as Nelson's successor in commands.
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood was a British naval commander who was Horatio Nelson’s second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar and held the Mediterranean command thereafter. Collingwood was sent to sea at the age of 12 and served for several years on the home station.
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Collingwood fought in his first great sea battle against the French in 1794 at the age of 46. He was captain on Admiral Bowyer’s flagship Barfleur, a first-rate ship-of-the-line carrying 98 guns and more than 800 men. Known as the Glorious First of June, the battle was not in truth particularly glorious.
Throughout his life, Collingwood served His Majesty’s Navy tirelessly. He was raised to the Peerage as 1st Baron Collingwood and, alongside Nelson and Sir Edward Berry, was one of only three men to have received three gold medals during the wars against France.
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Most of us know the name Collingwood from walking down his street in Newcastle or past his imposing monument in Tynemouth. Admiral Lord Collingwood was a colossus of a man, but few remember his crucial role in Britain's naval history. He fired the first shot at Trafalgar, and took over command of the British fleet after the death of his friend Nels...
Cuthbert Collingwood was born and bred on the banks of the river Tyne. After being educated at the city's Royal Grammar School, he joined the Navy in 1761 when he was just 12-years-old. He sailed out of the Tyne on board the Shannon, a frigate on which he was to learn the rudiments of seamanship. Under the guidance of his uncle he served as as mids...
Collingwood's Navy career was to take him all over Europe, North America and the West Indies. His visits home to the North East of England were few and far between. In 1801 Collingwood met his family in Portsmouth as he could not be released to travel North himself. The 400 mile journey would have taken his family at least two weeks on difficult ro...
The Battle of Trafalgar has become inextricably linked with the name of Lord Nelson, but Collingwood's involvement was huge. The battle remains one of the most famous and crucial in British naval history, and celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. On October 21, 1805 the combined forces of France and Spain were annihilated by the English fleet...
Collingwood's commitment to the Royal Navy's supremacy didn't stop in battle. When back home Collingwood planted acorns at every opportunity to boost future stocks of timber for British ships. He knew that it took 2,000-3,000 oaks to build a ship like Victory. He was concerned that the British had enough oak to replenish the ageing fleet when the t...
After his famous victory, Collingwood received a pension of £2,000 per annum and was made Baron Collingwood. Despite his time away from home Collingwood remained very fond of his Northumberland roots. Sadly he was never to return to his family in Morpeth after Trafalgar - he died at sea near Minorca in 1810. Treasure hunt Today Collingwood is celeb...
Perhaps you can find the missing piece of the Collingwood jigsaw? The famous bust of Lord Collingwood once decorated a building on Newcastle's Side. It was later moved to St Nicolas' Cathedral, but has been missing for sometime. Inside Out would like to hear from you if you think you know the whereabouts of this important statue - email insideout@b...
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1748 – 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as Nelson's successor in commands.
Collingwood, Cuthbert, 1st Baron (1750–1810). The Newcastle upon Tyne-born Collingwood had no influence behind him, unlike Nelson, when he joined the navy in 1761; and again, unlike Nelson, with whom he was on terms of close friendship, Collingwood only obtained a captaincy when he was 30.
