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

By Peter Hore, Andrew Lambert (Foreword by)
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By Peter Hore, Andrew Lambert (Foreword by)
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The curiously named HMS Pickle was the second-smallest British ship in Nelson's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. She acquired enduring fame, however, as the ship that carried Lord Collingwood's 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 ship...

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