Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood

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British admiral Royal Navy officer Vice-Admiral person

Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood was a distinguished Royal Navy officer of the Napoleonic era, best known for his close partnership with Admiral Horatio Nelson and for assuming command of the British fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar after Nelson’s death.

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Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British admiral ⓘ Royal Navy officer ⓘ Vice-Admiral ⓘ person ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
awardedTitle	Baron Collingwood ⓘ
birthCountry	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate	1748-09-26 ⓘ
birthPlace	Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
burialPlace	St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral, London
causeOfDeath	illness while at sea ⓘ
closeAssociate	Horatio Nelson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathCountry	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate	1810-03-07 ⓘ
deathPlace	at sea near Port Mahón, Menorca ⓘ
education	Royal Navy midshipman training ⓘ
enteredServiceYear	1761 ⓘ
fullName	Baron Collingwood ⓘ surface form: Cuthbert Collingwood
honorificPrefix	Vice-Admiral ⓘ
knownFor	close professional partnership with Admiral Horatio Nelson ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Vice-Admiral ⓘ
nobleTitle	Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood ⓘ surface form: 1st Baron Collingwood
notableFor	commanding the British fleet after Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ service in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
occupation	naval officer ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American War of Independence Battle of Cape St Vincent ⓘ Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ Second-in-command of the British fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
promotedToRank	Lieutenant in 1775 ⓘ Post-captain in 1780 ⓘ Rear-Admiral in 1799 ⓘ Vice-Admiral in 1804 ⓘ
servedUnder	Horatio Nelson ⓘ
serviceYears	1761–1810 ⓘ
shipCommanded	HMS Barfleur ⓘ HMS Excellent ⓘ HMS Mediator ⓘ HMS Royal Sovereign ⓘ
spouse	Sarah Blackett ⓘ

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HMS Victory, off Cape Trafalgar, Spain → commandedBy → Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Victory