HMS Collingwood
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Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood.
- Collingwood (1841) - An 80-gun third-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) - A corvette broken up in 1950.
From 1939 "HMS Collingwood" was the name of the Navy's electrical and electronics school at Fareham in Hampshire. It is now the headquarters of the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School.
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