HMS Collingwood

Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood:[1]

• HMS Collingwood (1841), an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line, converted to screw propulsion in 1861, and sold in 1867
• HMS Collingwood (1882), the lead ship of the Admiral-class battleship in service from 1882 to 1909
• HMS Collingwood (1908), a St Vincent-class battleship, in action at Jutland, and sold for breaking up in 1922
• HMS Collingwood (shore establishment), 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.

Battle honours

• Jutland, 1916
• Atlantic, 1944[a]

Notes

1. Awarded to the Royal Canadian Navy vessel HMCS Collingwood; this relates to previous practice where honours awarded to one ship were presented to ships of the same name in other Commonwealth royal navies.[2]

References

1. Adams, Max (2005). Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero. London: Orion Books. p. 276. ISBN 978-0297846406.
2. "Heritage Structure Section 2 – The Principles and Eligibility Criteria for the Award of Canadian Forces Battle Honours". Government of Canada. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2023. It was the practice in the RCN to award new ships the battle honours won by any predecessor of the same name on a common Commonwealth list for all the Royal navies. While existing ships (and one air squadron) continue to bear such honours by right of continuous service until they are paid off, new construction is awarded only those battle honours won by Canadian ships on a Canadian order of battle

Further reading

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• "HMS Collingwood Training Establishment". Royal Navy.