Excerpt from A Selection From the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood, Vol. 1 of 2: Interspersed With Memoirs of His Life
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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.