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Welcome to The Collingwood Society
This website is dedicated to the immortal memory of Cuthbert Collingwood, Vice-Admiral of the Red,1st Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpoole in Northumberland (26th September 1748 – 7th March 1810)
Canada
Collingwood, Ontario: Although an ocean away, Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood has had a profound impact on the small, bustling settlement that proudly bears the name Collingwood in Ontario, Canada. Present-day Collingwood was originally named Hen and Chickens Harbour, a title inspired…
Posted in: Around the World
Menorca
Port Mahón in Menorca, Spain also has historical ties with Vice-Admiral Collingwood and staged its own commemorative event at the end of March 2010. The following article explains those links... COLLINGWOOD 2010 MENORCA - LORD COLLINGWOOD’S LINKS WITH THE ISLAND…
Posted in: Around the World
Gallery – Newcastle Royal Grammar School Open Day (incorporating the Collingwood Legacy): 3rd July 2010
Posted in: Galleries
Gallery – Service of Commemoration, the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, 7th March 2010
All images in this gallery (c) Neil Wasp i2i Photography
Posted in: Galleries
Gallery – The 1805 Club, 5th and 6th March
All images in this gallery are courtesy of Stephen Howarth, The 1805 Club
Posted in: Galleries
Toast the Admiral!!
At 1200 midday on 21st October 1805, the opening salvo was fired in the Battle of Trafalgar as Vice-Admiral Collingwood’s Royal Sovereign came within range of the French ship Fougeaux. At 1200 midday on Trafalgar Day 2010, some 400 hardy souls who had…
Posted in: Reports
A new Trafalgar memorial….
Wednesday 15th September 2010: Sunderland With the possible exception of the “new towns” constructed since the Second World War, it is unusual to find a town or village in the United Kingdom which does not have a memorial to those…
Posted in: Reports
