page_title: Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
section_title: Memorials
hierarchical_section_title: Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood / Descriptions / Memorials
caption_attribution_description: Collingworth Monument at Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. Collingwood, a hero of Trafalgar was born in Newcastle in 1748. Camera location55°&#160;00′&#160;52.2″&#160;N, 1°&#160;25′&#160;11.64″&#160;W&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood 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.
context_section_description: The Maritime Warfare School of the Royal Navy is commissioned as HMS Collingwood, home to training for warfare, weapon engineering and communications disciplines.
  The town of Collingwood, Ontario, on Georgian Bay in Canada, the suburb of Collingwood in the Australian city of Melbourne, the town of Collingwood, New Zealand and the Collingwood Channel (an entrance of Howe Sound near Vancouver, British Columbia), are named in his honour.
  A large monument, The Collingwood Monument, stands in his honour and overlooks the River Tyne at Tynemouth. His Grade II listed statue was sculpted by John Graham Lough and stands atop a pedestal designed by John Dobson. The four cannon on the walls flanking the steps at its base came from his flagship, HMS Royal Sovereign.
  One of the four houses at Collingwood's old school the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, is named after him. One of the five houses of British public school Churcher's College is named after him, as is one of the eleven houses at The Royal Hospital School. One of the three secondary Schools within Excelsior Academy in Newcastle was named after Collingwood in 2013. 
  March 2010 saw the 200th anniversary of Collingwood's death and a number of major events were organised by 'Collingwood 2010' on Tyneside, in Morpeth and the island of Menorca.
  Collingwood's residence in Es Castell close to Mahon, Menorca is now a hotel and home to a collection of heirlooms relating to his time on the island.
  From 1978 until 1992, British Rail locomotive 50005 was named Collingwood. In November 2005, English, Welsh & Scottish named locomotive 90020 Collingwood at Newcastle station.
caption: The Collingwood Monument at Tynemouth
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