Editing HMS Pickle

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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|Falmouth]], [[Cornwall]], setting Lapenotiere on his historic 36-hour journey by [[post chaise]] to the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] in London. The route he took was inaugurated as The [[Trafalgar Way]] in 2005. She was wrecked in 1808 off [[Cádiz]].
*The second [[HMS Eclair (1801)|''Pickle'']] was the 12-gun [[schooner]] ''Eclair'', originally French, that ''Garland'', a tender to {{HMS|Daphne|1780|2}}, 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 [[History of slavery|slave trade]], and achieved fame for capturing the armed [[slave ship]] ''Voladora'' 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 (weapon)|mortar]] vessel launched in 1855 and broken up in 1865.
*The sixth ''Pickle'' was an {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat (1855)|0}} wooden screw [[gunboat]] launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
*The seventh ''Pickle'' was an {{sclass|Ant|gunboat|0}} iron screw gunboat launched in 1872.
*The eighth {{HMS|Pickle|J293}} was an {{sclass|Algerine|minesweeper}} launched in 1943. She was transferred to the navy of [[Ceylon]] in 1959 and renamed ''Parakarama''.

==References==
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* Peter Goodwin, ''The Ships of Trafalgar'' (Naval Institute Press, 2005), p.&nbsp;154.
* W.E. Ward, ''The Royal Navy and the Slavers'' (Pantheon, 1969), p.&nbsp;135.

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