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His life is described here
Collingwood Monument
Erected in 1845 by Public Subscription to the memory of ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD, who in the "ROYAL SOVEREIGN" on the 21st October 1805, led the British Fleet into action at Trafalgar and sustained the Sea Fight for upwards of an hour before the other ships were within gun shot, which caused Nelson to exclaim "See how that noble fellow Collingwood takes his ship into action" He was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1748 and died in the Service of his country, on board of the "VILLE-DE-PARIS" on 7th March 1810 and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. The four guns upon the monument belonged to his ship the "ROYAL SOVEREIGN".
Collingwood was laid to rest besides Nelson in the crypt of St.Paul's. In Tynemouth a fifty foot pillar flanked by four cannon from the Royal Sovereign bears a statue of the great Admiral facing out to sea.
'Collingwood entered the Navy in 1761 when he was eleven years old. From this day until he died at sea, of his fifty years of service in the Royal Navy some forty-four were passed in active service abroad. On one occasion he actually remained at sea for the incredible space of twenty-two months without dropping anchor....'
He lived in Morpeth and is responsible for having planted many oaks around the town.
Planning for future conflicts seems to have gone awry in the intervening years.
Collingwood Monument
Erected in 1845 by Public Subscription to the memory of ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD, who in the "ROYAL SOVEREIGN" on the 21st October 1805, led the British Fleet into action at Trafalgar and sustained the Sea Fight for upwards of an hour before the other ships were within gun shot, which caused Nelson to exclaim "See how that noble fellow Collingwood takes his ship into action" He was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1748 and died in the Service of his country, on board of the "VILLE-DE-PARIS" on 7th March 1810 and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. The four guns upon the monument belonged to his ship the "ROYAL SOVEREIGN".
Collingwood was laid to rest besides Nelson in the crypt of St.Paul's. In Tynemouth a fifty foot pillar flanked by four cannon from the Royal Sovereign bears a statue of the great Admiral facing out to sea.
'Collingwood entered the Navy in 1761 when he was eleven years old. From this day until he died at sea, of his fifty years of service in the Royal Navy some forty-four were passed in active service abroad. On one occasion he actually remained at sea for the incredible space of twenty-two months without dropping anchor....'
He lived in Morpeth and is responsible for having planted many oaks around the town.
Planning for future conflicts seems to have gone awry in the intervening years.