Winner of the 2006 Distinguished Book Award for Biography/Memoir, from the Society for Military History (US):
“an outstanding contribution to military history”

Colin White, winner of the 2006 Desmond Wettern Media Award:
“for being the most visible spokesman of the Britain’s maritime interests and for his major contribution in masterminding the Trafalgar Bicentenary programme which so gripped the British public.”

Colin White, winner of the Longman-History Today Trustees’ Award for History 2006
In January 2006 Dr White was awarded the Longman-History Today Trustees’ Award for History 2006 – the award for an outstanding contribution to the promotion, awareness and enjoyment of history - for his work on the Nelson Letters Project, the National Maritime Museum's Nelson and Napoleon exhibition and his tireless work co-ordinating the Trafalgar 200 celebrations.

Shortlisted twice in The Maritime Foundation’s 2005 Media Awards:
Nelson - The New Letters short-listed for the Mountbatten Maritime Prize
Dr Colin White short-listed for the Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award