Eight ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS Pickle:
The first
HMS Pickle (1800) was a 10-gun
topsail schooner purchased in 1800, originally named Sting, and renamed in 1802. She was present at the
Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 (but too small to play a part in the battle itself), under the command of
John Richards Lapenotiere, who was entrusted with conveying the message about the victory and the death of
Lord Nelson to England. She landed in
Falmouth,
Cornwall, setting Lapenotiere on his historic 36-hour journey by
post chaise to the
Admiralty in
London. The route he took was inaugurated as The
Trafalgar Way in 2005. She was wrecked in 1808 off
Cádiz.
The second
Pickle was the 12-gun
schoonerEclair, originally French, that Garland, a tender to
Daphne, captured in 1801. Eclair was renamed Pickle in 1809 and sold in 1818.
The third Pickle was a
schooner of 5 guns, launched in 1827. She was involved in the suppression of the
slave trade, and achieved fame for capturing the armed
slave shipVoladora off the coast of
Cuba on 5 June 1829. She was broken up in 1847.
The fourth Pickle was originally the slave-trading brig Eolo, captured in 1852 by HMS Orestes.
The fifth Pickle was a
mortar vessel launched in 1855 and broken up in 1865.
The sixth Pickle was an
Albacore-class wooden screw
gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
The seventh Pickle was an
Ant-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1872.
Peter Goodwin, The Ships of Trafalgar (Naval Institute Press, 2005), p. 154.
W.E. Ward, The Royal Navy and the Slavers (Pantheon, 1969), p. 135.
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Eight ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS Pickle:
The first
HMS Pickle (1800) was a 10-gun
topsail schooner purchased in 1800, originally named Sting, and renamed in 1802. She was present at the
Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 (but too small to play a part in the battle itself), under the command of
John Richards Lapenotiere, who was entrusted with conveying the message about the victory and the death of
Lord Nelson to England. She landed in
Falmouth,
Cornwall, setting Lapenotiere on his historic 36-hour journey by
post chaise to the
Admiralty in
London. The route he took was inaugurated as The
Trafalgar Way in 2005. She was wrecked in 1808 off
Cádiz.
The second
Pickle was the 12-gun
schoonerEclair, originally French, that Garland, a tender to
Daphne, captured in 1801. Eclair was renamed Pickle in 1809 and sold in 1818.
The third Pickle was a
schooner of 5 guns, launched in 1827. She was involved in the suppression of the
slave trade, and achieved fame for capturing the armed
slave shipVoladora off the coast of
Cuba on 5 June 1829. She was broken up in 1847.
The fourth Pickle was originally the slave-trading brig Eolo, captured in 1852 by HMS Orestes.
The fifth Pickle was a
mortar vessel launched in 1855 and broken up in 1865.
The sixth Pickle was an
Albacore-class wooden screw
gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
The seventh Pickle was an
Ant-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1872.
Peter Goodwin, The Ships of Trafalgar (Naval Institute Press, 2005), p. 154.
W.E. Ward, The Royal Navy and the Slavers (Pantheon, 1969), p. 135.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.