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Admiral Collingwood

The Lord Collingwood
Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood by Henry Howard.jpg
Cuthbert Collingwood, detail of the painting by Henry Howard at Greenwich Hospital.
Born (1748-09-26)26 September 1748
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Died 7 March 1810(1810-03-07) (aged 61)
HMS Ville de Paris, off Port Mahon, Mediterranean Sea
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
 United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1761–1810
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held Mediterranean Fleet
Collingwood's Squadron
HMS Triumph
HMS Barfleur
HMS Excellent
HMS Prince
HMS Mediator
HMS Sampson
HMS Pelican
HMS Hinchinbrook
HMS Badger
Battles/wars

American Revolutionary War

French Revolutionary Wars

Napoleonic Wars


American Revolutionary War

French Revolutionary Wars

Napoleonic Wars

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 was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. His early education was at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. At the age of twelve, he went to sea as a volunteer on board the frigate HMS Shannon under the command of his cousin Captain Richard Brathwaite (or Braithwaite), who took charge of his nautical education. After several years of service under Captain Brathwaite and a short period attached to HMS Lenox, a guardship at Portsmouth commanded by Captain Robert Roddam, Collingwood sailed to Boston in 1774 with Admiral Samuel Graves on board HMS Preston, where he fought in the British naval brigade at the battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775), and was afterwards commissioned as a Lieutenant (17 June 1775).


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