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Cuthbert Collingwood, I barón Collingwood (26 de septiembre de 1748 - 7 de marzo de 1810) fue un almirante de la Royal Navy. Se destacó por participar junto con Horatio Nelson en varias de las victorias británicas de las guerras napoleónicas y, a menudo como el sucesor de Nelson en los comandos.
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1748 – 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as Nelson's successor in commands.
A biography of the British naval officer who served with Horatio Nelson in the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. Learn about his early life, career, battles, promotions, and legacy.
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (born Oct. 24, 1748, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Eng.—died March 7, 1810, at sea en route to England) was a British naval commander who was Horatio Nelson’s second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar and held the Mediterranean command thereafter. Collingwood was sent to sea at the age ...
Cuthbert Collingwood, one of the great leaders of British naval history, must be remembered in this context. Early Beginnings. Collingwood was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1748 and, like many of his contemporaries, embarked upon his naval career aged only twelve.
Denis Orde, author of Nelson's Mediterranean Command, now turns to one of the quintessential British admiral's closest friends and contemporaries, Vice Admiral Cuthbert “Cuddy” Collingwood, for whom the book's title, In the Shadow of Nelson, still applies—both figuratively and literally.
Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood is a classic example of the sort of sailor who repeated foiled France and Napoleon’s naval plans during Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
