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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Ballahoo class schooners, Cuckoo class schooners, HMS Pickle, HMS Eclair, HMS Nancy, HMS Nimble, HMS Speedy, HMS Bream, HMS Landrail, HMS Highflyer, HMS Pike, HMS Ballahoo, HMS Laura, HMS Whiting, HMS Mosquidobit, HMS Snapper, HMS Mosambique, HMS Shelburne, HMS St Lawrence, HMS Magpie, HMS Algerine, HMS Cuckoo, HMS Halifax, HMS Rook, HMS Charlotte, HMS Dolphin, HMS Diana, HMS Herring, HMS Marie Antoinette, HMS Mackerel, HMS Haddock, HMS Grouper, HMS Jackdaw, HMS Maria, HMS Capelin, HMS Cuttle, HMS Porgey, HMS Mullett, HMS Quail, HMS Pigeon, HMS Pilchard, HMS Sultana, HMS Widgeon, HMS Barracouta, HMS Congo, HMS Sealark, HMS Crane, HMS Chub, HMS Beatrice, HMS Wagtail, HMS Undine, HMS Woodcock, HMS Harrier, HMS Tang, HMS Advice, HMS Lark, HMS Cumberland, HMS Chippeway, HMS Toronto. Excerpt: HMS Pickle was a topsail schooner of the Royal Navy. She was originally a civilian vessel named Sting. of six guns, that Lord Hugh Seymour purchased to use as an armed tender on the Jamaica Station. Pickle was at the Battle of Trafalgar and though she was too small to take part in the fighting, Pickle was the first ship to bring the news of Nelson's victory to Great Britain. She also participated in a notable single-ship action when she captured the French privateer Favorite in 1807. Pickle was wrecked in 1808, but without loss of life. Sting was built in Bermuda (where this type of vessel was known as a Bermuda sloop) in 1799. Seymour, the commander in chief on the Jamaica Station, formally purchased Sting in December 1800 for 2,500 for use as an armed tender. He had been leasing her for some time at 10 per day. His purchase was in defiance of orders not to purchase vessels. However, faced with a fait accompli, the Admiralty issued an order in February 1801 that her name be changed to Pickle. Interestingly, between April and June...
