HMS Collingwood

British Battleship HMS Collingwood

British Battleship HMS Collingwood

HMS Collingwood was a St Vincent-class dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy, launched in November 1908 and commissioned on 19 April 1910. She spent her whole career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets and often served as a flagship. Prince Albert (later King George VI) spent several years aboard the ship before and during World War I. At the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, Collingwood was in the middle of the battleline and lightly damaged a German battlecruiser. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the war generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. The ship was deemed obsolete after the war; she was reduced to reserve and used as a training ship before being sold for scrap in 1922.