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Following a 1974 initiative by Commodore (later Vice-Admiral) Sir John Lea, the Royal Navy's petty officers have an annual Pickle Night dinner, as do many private clubs in the Commonwealth of Nations. Pickle Night parallels Trafalgar Night, the commemoration of the battle by the Royal Navy's commissioned officers, but is usually held a week ...
The Trafalgar Way is the name given to the historic route used to carry dispatches with the news of the Battle of Trafalgar overland from Falmouth to the Admiralty in London. The first messenger in November 1805 was Lieutenant John Richards Lapenotière , of HMS Pickle , who reached Falmouth on 4 November after a hard voyage in bad weather.
Trafalgar Night: On 21 October each year the commissioned officers of the Royal Navy celebrate the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar by holding a dinner in the officer's mess. Taranto Night: On 10/11 November, or as close as possible, the Fleet Air Arm celebrate the WWII strike on the Italian port of Taranto. This marks the formal mess dinner ...
He also restored HMS Pickle, a replica of the ship that sailed from Hull to take part in the Battle of Trafalgar. Mal Nicholson on board Spider T [BBC] Mr Nicholson said he was delighted the two ...
In 1974, while commodore of the Portsmouth barracks, Lea was asked if it would be permissible to hold a Trafalgar Night dinner on 21 October. Concerned about the availability of after dinner speakers Lea suggested Pickle Night as an alternative. This was in honour of the return of HMS Pickle, a schooner carrying word of the Battle of Trafalgar ...
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Captain John Richards Lapenotière (1770 – 19 January 1834) was a British Royal Navy officer who, as a lieutenant commanding the tiny topsail schooner HMS Pickle, observed the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, participated in the rescue operations which followed it and then carried the dispatches of the victory and the death of Admiral Nelson to Britain.