‘Wellington’s Navy’

Thursday 10th July 2025:  7.30 pm at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Speaker:  Philip K. Allan The Peninsular War (1808 – 1814) was the most protracted campaign of the whole Napoleonic period, and played a decisive role in the

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The Battle of the Nile

Thursday 22nd May 2025:  7.30 pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House A now regular speaker from the Society’s ranks, George Cansino this time tackles the 1798 ‘Battle of the Nile’, one of the major naval conflicts prior to Trafalgar. 

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‘Napoleon’s Admirals’

Thursday 10th April 2025:  7.30pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Society member Pauline Piddington gives her first talk to the Society, choosing as her subject a selection of Napoleon’s Admirals, several of which faced Collingwood during the epic sea

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The 2025 Collingwood Society Lecture – ‘Collingwood’s Newcastle’ delivered by John Grundy

in association with, and with grateful thanks to the Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School. COLLINGWOOD’S NEWCASTLE:  The Miller Theatre, Royal Grammar School: 7.30pm Thursday 6th March 2025. The Collingwood Society has enjoyed an association with, and the generous support

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‘Workhorse – the 74-gun Ship of the Line’

Tuesday 18th February 2025:   2.00pm at The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Professor George Bruce.  ’74’s were found in all the major navies of the Georgian Era.  The ubiquitous, long-lived and much-copied class of warship is examined in this talk, the first

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Gibraltar’s Trafalgar Graveyard

Thursday 23rd January 2025:   2.00pm at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House A highlight of any visit to Gibraltar, the Trafalgar Cemetery is not what it seems, or is commonly assumed to be the case.  Society Chairman, Capt. Stephen Healy,  opens

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2025 Programme of Activities

Thu 23rd January 2025 14.00 Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne The Society’s Chairman, Capt. Stephen Healy,  opens the 2025 programme with a look at ‘Gibraltar’s Trafalgar Graveyard’.  While all is not as it at first seems, every corner of this

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Collingwood Society Annual General Meeting 2023

Thursday 9th November 2023:  6.45 pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House: The Society’s 2023 Annual General Meeting will take place before the evening’s regular talk.  All welcome, but only paid-up members may vote.  There will be a short break

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The “Veteran Tree Project” (Identifying and protecting our local living legends).

Thursday 9th November 2023:  7.30 pm     The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House: Nick Johnson BA (Hons) MArborA will tonight give us an unusual take on history, but the topic is nevertheless critically aligned to the Georgian Navy and their

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Updates to Trafalgar Day Events 2023: Morpeth and Tynemouth

Please note the following late adjustments to the Trafalgar Day events, as previously advertised. MORPETH:  Previously listed as the short annual service on Saturday 21st October  11.45 at the Town Hall, Morpeth.    This has now been moved to 11.40

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