‘Prisoner of the Sea’

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Tuesday 14th February 2017, 19.30 hrs:  Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne Collingwood biographer and Society member Max Adams presents new insights into our Admiral from his private and public correspondence. In much the same way as social media is used…

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Master & Commander – the life and career of John William Trotter RN

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Thursday 26th January 2017:  19.30:  St. Mary’s Heritage Centre, Gateshead John William Trotter, a son of Gateshead, was the Master of HMS LEVIATHAN at the Battle of Trafalgar.  The venue for tonight’s talk is appropriate, as John is buried in…

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The Great Mutinies

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Thursday 1st December, 7.30pm.  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House. The way in which their Lordships at the Admiralty viewed (and treated) their sailors at the end of 1797 led to mutinies onboard Royal Navy ships off Portsmouth at Spithead…

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Trafalgar Day 2016

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ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, LONDON:     (L)  Society Representative at St Paul’s, Ian Wallace, with family members Judy and Jenny Collingwood, plus Chris Hawkes. (R) Family and Society floral tributes. (Thanks to Ian Wallace for the images)   COLLINGWOOD MONUMENT, TYNEMOUTH:    …

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2016 Annual General Meeting and tour of the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House

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The 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Collingwood Society will take place at 1930 hours on Tuesday 8th November at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House.   On completion of formalities, a private tour of the House will be offered…

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Trafalgar Day 21st October 2016

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Trafalgar Day events at which the Collingwood Society is represented: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE:   the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas:  10.00 hrs:  public event:  assemble in the Eastern Chapel at 09.45 hrs for a parade around to the main door…

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Captain John Quilliam, RN

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(A talk to the Collingwood Society by Commodore Gary Doyle, RN, Naval Regional Commander: Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House, 14th June 2016). Now I have to confess, that although I was of course very much aware of the good Admiral…

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Affiliation marked at ceremony

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The Collingwood Society is now officially affiliated with HMS COLLINGWOOD On 22nd July 2016, at the kind invitation of Capt. Andy Jordan RN, Commanding Officer of the Royal Navy’s Maritime Warfare School and HMS COLLINGWOOD, Capt. Stephen Healy, Chairman of…

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2016 Summer Outing: Paxton House

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Saturday 21st May 2016:  Paxton House, Northumberland: The Society’s Summer outing took us to Paxton House, west of Berwick-upon-Tweed.  An impressive country house and estate completed in 1763, the house held circumstantial connections with Admiral Collingwood, in addition to an…

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HMS COLLINGWOOD Open Day 2016

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HMS COLLINGWOOD Open Day 2016 The Chairman received an invitation to attend this year’s Open Day at HMS COLLINGWOOD, the Royal Navy’s training establishment and home to the Maritime Warfare School in Fareham, Hampshire.  Unable to make the journey at…

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