Search results
Feb 28, 2005 · Admiral Lord Collingwood was a colossus of a man, but few remember his crucial role in Britain's naval history. Modest Collingwood's name has sunk with little trace. He fired the first shot at...
The ramifications of the French Revolution in 1789 were felt across world, and the conflicts it spawned would come to engulf Collingwood’s life. He served at some of the most famous battles of this period, including The Glorious First of June in 1794 and The Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797.
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.
Feb 23, 2010 · Admiral Collingwood was born in 1748 and is celebrated here in the North East for his career at sea, which spanned more than four decades. He is perhaps best known for taking control of the British...
Feb 23, 2010 · Admiral Collingwood was born in 1748 and is celebrated here in the North East for his career at sea, which spanned more than four decades. He is perhaps best known for taking control of the...
The Collingwood Society is a special interest group whose focus is the life, times and legacy of Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810), 1st Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpoole in Northumberland.
People also ask
What is the Collingwood Society?
Who was Lord Collingwood and what did he do?
What were Collingwood's good qualities?
Who was Admiral Collingwood?
Who was Charles Collingwood?
Who were the Collingwoods?
After his death on March 7, 1810, Collingwood was buried in the shadow of Nelson's tomb at St. Paul's Cathedral—as in life, so in death. Given the nature of its subject, In the Shadow of Nelson gives more than just the life and times of a naval hero.
