3 July 2018
Walter Benson Hunkin, originally of Mevagissey in Cornwall, joined the Royal Navy in 1874 and served aboard a variety of small vessels employed on anti-smuggling, fisheries protection […]
3 July 2018
A warm welcome… This site has been created by the team in the Bartlett Maritime Research Centre at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall for those interested […]
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
We are sailing … again. Our previous site has been causing all sorts of problems recently and so we have been back to the starting line […]
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 […]
26 June 2018
Watercolour with ink and body colour 46.5cm x 58cm Unsigned Built: London 1795 185 tons Originally built for Captain Couse this Packet had a notable career […]
26 June 2018
Watercolour and ink with body colour 45.5cm x 58cm Built: Falmouth c1807 19063/94 Tons Built for Captain Stephen Bell she was 80ft 8ins in length with […]
26 June 2018
Watercolour with ink and body colour 44.5cm x 59cm Signed: N.S. Cammillieri This brig of 227 tons, built in New York in 1806, was hired in […]
26 June 2018
Watercolour with ink and body colour 45.5cm x 60cm Signed: N.S. Cammillieri Built: London c1816 20142/94 tons The Lady MaryPelham was 84ft 2ins long, 24ft broad with two […]
3 July 2018
Walter Benson Hunkin, originally of Mevagissey in Cornwall, joined the Royal Navy in 1874 and served aboard a variety of small vessels employed on anti-smuggling, fisheries protection […]
3 July 2018
A warm welcome… This site has been created by the team in the Bartlett Maritime Research Centre at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall for those interested […]
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
We are sailing … again. Our previous site has been causing all sorts of problems recently and so we have been back to the starting line […]
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 […]
26 June 2018
Watercolour with ink and body colour 46.5cm x 58cm Unsigned Built: London 1795 185 tons Originally built for Captain Couse this Packet had a notable career […]
26 June 2018
Watercolour and ink with body colour 45.5cm x 58cm Built: Falmouth c1807 19063/94 Tons Built for Captain Stephen Bell she was 80ft 8ins in length with […]
26 June 2018
Watercolour with ink and body colour 44.5cm x 59cm Signed: N.S. Cammillieri This brig of 227 tons, built in New York in 1806, was hired in […]
26 June 2018
Watercolour with ink and body colour 45.5cm x 60cm Signed: N.S. Cammillieri Built: London c1816 20142/94 tons The Lady MaryPelham was 84ft 2ins long, 24ft broad with two […]