A preference for Collingwood over Nelson or Blake

Nelson or Blake, or would Collingwood be the better choice?

The preference is for Collingwood, whose success kept him in Mediterranean command under successive governments.

Collingwood is the personal choice in this comparison. He served as second in command at Trafalgar and then took command in the Mediterranean, where governments of different political colours kept him because he performed so well. That prolonged service gave him fewer opportunities for the celebrated battle narrative associated with Nelson.