Thomas Collingwood

[2] On 9 September 1756 he was assigned command of the ship HMS Fortune, a vessel used to transmit Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hawke's messages from Minorca to Barcelona.

This sparked an issue in Morocco, where the British consul, James Read, was asked to make reparations on Britain's behalf for the ship's loss.

She then worked with HMS Guernsey to transport different vessels from Leghorn, Naples, and Genoa back to Gibraltar without incident.

[3] Collingwood had a spell of shore leave from June to October 1758 before gaining command of the newly launched HMS Crescent, which he subsequently carried to the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean as part of the activities against the French fleet there.

[3] After a few years of shore leave (on half pay), he was granted command of HMS Tweed in November 1766.

Tweed's lone notable assignment was an envoy voyage to Russia (possibly mooring in St Petersburg).

[4] From February 1770 until November 1771 he was on shore leave again before taking command of HMS Rainbow, which was deployed to monitor the west coast of Africa until 1774, when she was paid off.

Collingwood was transferred aboard HMS Grafton eight days after the engagement, most likely owing to Fame damage.