The Trafalgar Flag of Lord Collingwood - Discovery Museum
The Trafalgar Flag of Lord Collingwood - Discovery Museum in Newcastle on Saturday, 17 October 2026, 00:00, at Discovery Museum. Be the first in the country to see...
Be the first in the country to see the battle-scarred hand-sewn Union flag, created and flown on board HMS Royal Sovereign, the flagship of Newcastle-born Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.The Trafalgar Flag is on display for two weeks before being stored while we redevelop one of the permanent galleries to showcase the flag and the story of Lord Collingwood.The flag will be on display on Trafalgar Day, 21 October.Collingwood recruited many of his sailors from the local maritime community. This led to Royal Sovereign’s crew gaining the nickname ‘Tars of the Tyne’. The flag itself would have been maintained (and possibly even made) on board the ship by these sailors. Nowhere supplied more men for Nelson’s...
- Date
- Saturday, 17 October 2026
- Time
- 00:00
- Venue
- Discovery Museum
- Address
- Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA
- Price
- Check official price