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HMS Pickle (1800)
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 a 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.
==Origins==
Originally named ''Sting'', ''Pickle'' was built in 1799 in Bermuda, where this type of vessel was known as a Bermuda sloop.〔Winfield (2008), p.358.〕〔Hore (2005).〕 Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, the commander in chief on the Jamaica Station, formally purchased ''Sting'' in December 1800 for £2,500, after having leased 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 1800, on the Leeward Island station, a ''Pickle'' participated in the capture of four prizes and a recapture. ''Sting'' may have been known as ''Pickle'' on station long before the Admiralty made her name change official as the ''London Gazette'' seems to have no mention of a ''Sting'' during this period. That said, the ''Naval Chronicle'' numbers the "schooner ''Sting''" among the vessels escorting the convoy in which ''Lowestoffe'' wrecked on 10 August 1801.〔''Naval Chronicle'', (1801), Vol. 6, p.250.〕 Lastly, the Admiralty admonished ''Sting''s commander after September 1801, Lieutenant Thomas Thrush, to cease referring to her as ''Sting'' and to refer to her as ''Pickle''.〔
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