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Here’s HMS Pickle ashore in Portugal, after being lifted by a mighty big boat lift… Many readers will notice that she now has all her masts in place, so owner Mal Nicholson is making progress! Others might notice her lines, which to my eyes have a look of rightness about them… HMS Pickle is named after the … Continue reading “HMS Pickle ashore”
Pickle Night, the 5th November, is a well known occasion in the Royal Navy, when warrant officers celebrate the original HMS Pickle’s celebrated very fast nine-day voyage in 1805 to bring news of the victory at Trafalgar and Nelson’s death back to Britain. (By comparison, commissioned officers celebrate Trafalgar Night.) Captain Dennis Dixon, who recently spent a happy Pickle Night on … Continue reading “Pickle Night on board HMS Pickle at Vilamoura”
The crew of HMS Pickle remember the dead of all sides at Trafalgar.