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HMS Pickle: The Swiftest Ship in Nelson''s Trafalgar Fleet

English

By (author): Peter Hore

The curiously named HMS Pickle was the second-smallest British ship in Nelsons fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. She acquired enduring fame, however, as the ship that carried Lord Collingwoods dispatch announcing the death, in the midst of battle, of Nelson.

A topsail schooner and deemed too small to take part in the line of battle, Pickle and ships like it were essential in the transmission of communication. Relaying messages between admiral and Admiralty, the rapid movement of these ships pioneered an early worldwide web of information that helped secure a British victory over Napoleon.

In this revised and updated edition, Captain Peter Hore describes the Pickles beginnings as a civilian vessel, her arming for naval use and the pivotal role she played in Admiral Cornwalliss inshore squadron keeping watch over the French and Spanish. This full and captivating history narrates a colourful story of one small ship and the courage and resolution of her determined crew.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Oct 2015
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780750964357

About Peter Hore

PETER HORE is an award-winning author and journalist. He served a full career in the Royal Navy spent ten years working in the cinema and television industry and is now a Daily Telegraph obituary writer and biographer. His other books include Nelsons Band of Brothers and News of Nelson: John Lapenotieres Race from Trafalgar to London. In 2011 he was elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Andrew Lambert is Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies at King's College. After completing research in the Department he taught at Bristol Polytechnic(now the University of West of England) the Royal Naval Staff College Greenwich and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and also Director of the Laughton Naval Unit housed in the Department. In 2020 he was made a Fellow of Kings College London (FKC).

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