Admiral Lord Collingwood.

[Fouro]

This is an interesting snippet of Royal Navy Navy history worth reading.

Admiral Lord Collingwood

Fouro.

[vic mcclymont]

I watched a tv programme a few years ago, on how Collingwood and Nelson destroyed the French and Spanish fleets, an amazing piece of seamanship, considering they only communicated by flags.
Vic

[John F Collier]

I watched a tv programme a few years ago, on how Collingwood and Nelson destroyed the French and Spanish flees, an amazing piece of seamanship, considering they only communicated by flags.
Vic

There is a superb model of HMS Victory at Chatham Historic Dockyard, it was built for the film "That Hamilton Woman"and
had a couple of men inside to fire the cannons during filming of the battle, it's the right place for it as HMS Victory was built
at a site outside the museum building and was launced from there in 1765, it's a great place to go for a day out. Cheers JFC

[Jim Brady]

Collingwood that brings back memories when I was in the Sea Cadets and I was division leader of Collingwood Devision.I must admit I knew nothing about him at the time.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Fouro.
How odd, I have just today started to read a book about Nelsons life by a Robert Southey that my granddaughter gave me for Xmas, the book has no date on it and she said it is probably a first edition. Of course Admiral Collingwood is in it, so far an very good read.
Cheers Des

[j.sabourn]

There is a Collingwoods monument at Tynemouth overlooking the mouth of the Tyne. JWS

[Fouro]

Collingwood that brings back memories when I was in the Sea Cadets and I was division leader of Collingwood Devision.I must admit I knew nothing about him at the time.
Regards.
Jim.B.

If he had been a Scouser rather than a Geordie, most probably you'd have known everything about him.

Fouro.

[cappy]

Hi Fouro.
How odd, I have just today started to read a book about Nelsons life by a Robert Southey that my granddaughter gave me for Xmas, the book has no date on it and she said it is probably a first edition. Of course Admiral Collingwood is in it, so far an very good read.
Cheers Des

##a great hero in geordie land ..i remember reading he saw his wife only something like 3 times in hi married life ...just always at sea.......some say the trafalgar win was his ...but i dont know about that for sure

[Fouro]

Regards # 8.

Yes cappy, he was a great Geordie hero indeed.
After the decease of the illustrious Nelson, Admiral Collingwood directed the operations of the fleet at Trafalgar and a glorious victory ensued. While it was deemed necessary to reward he who had completed what Nelson had began, it was resolved by ministers, that the most splendid posthumous honours should be paid to the deceased Lord Nelson.
Admiral Collingwood was promoted to the peerage
The reverend Mr Nelson of Burnham Thorpe, brother of the decease hero, was created Earl Nelson and a house was assigned to him and his heirs at the expense of the nation.

Fouro.

[Jim Brady]

If he had been a Scouser rather than a Geordie, most probably you'd have known everything about him.

Fouro.

We also had Drake Division and Anson Division and I knew nothing about them also.I vaguely remember something about some guy having a game of bowls.
Regards.
Jim.b.