Collingwood Monument
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| Location | Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear |
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| Designer | John Graham Lough and John Dobson |
| Type | Statue |
| Material | Marble and Sandstone |
| Height | 23 feet (7.0 m) |
| Completion date | 1845 |
| Dedicated to | Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood |
The Collingwood Monument is a Grade two listed [1]monument in Tynemouth, England, dedicated to Vice Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood a Napoleonic era Admiral noted for being second in command to Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar, he is sometimes referred to as the forgotten hero of Trafalgar.[2][3] The monument base is by John Dobson and the Statue created by the Sculptor John Graham Lough. It is situated just off of Front Street in Tynemouth and overlooks the mouth of the River Tyne.[1]
Background
Lord Collingwood was the son a merchant and born in Newcastle upon Tyne,[4] he attended the Royal Grammar Schoo[5]l and joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer at the age of 12. From there Collingwood continued his nautical education under his cousin Captain Richard Brathwaite. After serving in the British Naval Brigade at the Battle of Bunker Hill Collingwood was commissioned in 1775 as a Lieutenant. Collingwood's first command was HMS Badger, after succeeding Horatio Nelson, and his first major command being HMS Sampson. During the Battle of Trafalgar Collingwood assumed command of the British fleet after the death of Horatio Nelson, transferring to HMS Euryalus. Collingwood then lead the fleet and completed the battle plans that he and Lord Nelson had created together.[6] For his role in the battle Collingwood was given the thanks of both Houses of Parliament and awarded a pension of £2000 per annum as well as being promoted on the 9th November 1805 to Vice-Admiral of the Red and raised to the peerage as Baron Collingwood, of Caldburne and Hethpool in the County of Northumberland. [7]
In 1805 Collingwood was appointed to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, after requesting to be relieved of his command the government stated that they urgently required an admiral of his calibre to lead against the dangers of French and her allies and as such his country could not dispense of him. However in 1809 his health declined and he was granted leave. In 1810 Collingwood died as a result of cancer on board the Ville de Paris as he sailed for England.[8]He was laid to rest beside Lord Nelson in St Pauls Cathedral. During his career he had severed in the American Revolutionary Wars, the French Revoloutiary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and had been awarded three Naval Gold Medals, one of only three people to share the distinction of earning a total of three.[9]
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The Monument
The monument was erected to commemorate Collingwood and his connection to North Shields and was it was deliberately positioned so it could be seen from the tyne. It was erected by public subscription. The architect of the monument was John Dobson and the Sculptor John Graham Lough created the sculpture. The monument features a high wide base, with slit openings and a door in the rear. A flight of steps leads to the base of the plinth and side walls flank the steps. Upon the walls lies 4 cannons from HMS Sovereigns, Collingwood's Flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar. The statue of Collingwood lies upon this plinth and the is draped in a cloak over Collingwood's Royal Navy uniform, the figures right hand rests on a bollard wrapped in rope.[1]
The Monument was first completed in 1854 and the cannons were added in 1859, 4 years after the original completion.[1]
The inscription on the plinth reads:
| THIS MONUMENT
was erected by public subscription to the memory of ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD who in the Royal Sovereign on the 21st October 1805 led the British fleet into action at Trafalger and sustained the sea fight for upwards of an hour before the other ships were within gun shot which caused Nelson to exclaim 'SEE HOW THAT FELLOW NOBLE FELLOW COLLINGWOOD TAKES HIS SHIP INTO ACTION He was born at Newcastle upon Tyne 1748 and died in the service of his country on board of the VILLE DE PARIS on 7th March 1810 AND WAS BURIED IN ST PAULS CATHEDRAL THE FOUR GUNS UPON THIS MONUMENT BELONGED TO HIS SHIP THE "ROYAL SOVERIGN" |
Gallery
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References
- ^ a b c d "The statue of Admiral Lord Collingwood at Pier Road, Tynemouth". www.northumbria.info. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Dickinson, Katie (2020-06-08). "The stories behind the statues - who is honoured across the North East". nechronicle. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "HMS Collingwood OA's Introduction page". web.archive.org. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "BBC Inside Out - Collingwood". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "BBC Inside Out - Collingwood". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Dickinson, Katie (2020-06-08). "The stories behind the statues - who is honoured across the North East". nechronicle. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ London, Gazzete. "Issue 15859".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Adkins,, Roy (2004). Adkins, Roy. Trafalgar, The Biography of a Battle, Abacus. p. 238.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 12,. p. 673.