HMS Collingwood
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Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood.
- Collingwood (1841) - An 80-gun second-rate battleship, converted to screw propulsion in 1861, and sold in 1867.
- Collingwood (1882) - A battleship in service from 1882 to 1909.
- Collingwood (1908) - One of the first Dreadnought battleships, in action at Jutland, and sold for breaking up in 1922.
- Collingwood (1940) - The shore establishment of this name was formed in 1940 as an entry camp for new recruits. Since World War II it has housed a number of Royal Navy training units.
[edit] References
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3451
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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