HMS Pickle
The Swiftest Ship in Nelson's Trafalgar Fleet
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- Paperback
- Release Date
5 September 2024
Summary
The smallest ship in Nelson’s fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar was the curiously-named HMS Pickle. The ship was a topsail schooner and, though deemed too small to take part in the fighting, it distinguished itself as the ship to bring Captain John Lapenotiere with the news of Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar and his death.
The schooner set off on October 26th and took 9 days to reach Britain after facing a gale off Cape Finisterre. After the Pickle anchored in Falmouth Bay on November 4t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803997186 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1803997184 |
| Author: | Peter Hore, Andrew Lambert |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 5 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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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 Nelson’s Band of Brothers and News of Nelson: John Lapenotiere’s 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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