Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood.

• The first Collingwood was an 80-gun third-rate launched in 1841, converted to screw propulsion in 1861, and sold 1867.
• The second Collingwood was battleship in service from 1882 to 1909.
• The third Collingwood was a battleship launched in 1908, in action at Jutland, and sold for breakup in 1922.
• The fourth Collingwood was a corvette launched in 1940 and broken up 1950.

Since approximately 1955 HMS Collingwood has been the name of the Navy's electrical and electronics school at Fareham in Hampshire

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