3 July 2018
Lapenotiere’s arrival at Falmouth Just how far off Falmouth the Pickle was at the time the boat was launched is uncertain, but they must have still been some […]
3 July 2018
Punching into the teeth of strong westerlies the Pickle took two whole days to claw out of the Gulf of Cadiz, but by noon of the 28th she […]
3 July 2018
News of the Battle of Trafalgar and Nelson’s death was first made public in an ‘Extraordinary’ edition of the London Gazette, of November 6th 1805. The Times of the […]
3 July 2018
Sir Richard Strachan’s Action, November 3rd, 1805 If anything could have marred Britain’s joy at the outcome of the Battle of Trafalgar it was the escape […]
26 June 2018
This story was researched and written by Tony Pawlyn of the Bartlett Library at the Museum for the 2005 commemoration of the Trafalgar Despatch. It is […]
21 June 2018
Trafalgar: the greatest sea battle of the age of sail and the event that sealed Britain’s domination of the seas for a century. The events of […]
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3 July 2018
Lapenotiere’s arrival at Falmouth Just how far off Falmouth the Pickle was at the time the boat was launched is uncertain, but they must have still been some […]
3 July 2018
Punching into the teeth of strong westerlies the Pickle took two whole days to claw out of the Gulf of Cadiz, but by noon of the 28th she […]
3 July 2018
News of the Battle of Trafalgar and Nelson’s death was first made public in an ‘Extraordinary’ edition of the London Gazette, of November 6th 1805. The Times of the […]
3 July 2018
Sir Richard Strachan’s Action, November 3rd, 1805 If anything could have marred Britain’s joy at the outcome of the Battle of Trafalgar it was the escape […]
26 June 2018
This story was researched and written by Tony Pawlyn of the Bartlett Library at the Museum for the 2005 commemoration of the Trafalgar Despatch. It is […]
21 June 2018
Trafalgar: the greatest sea battle of the age of sail and the event that sealed Britain’s domination of the seas for a century. The events of […]