Memorial

News of Trafalgar

HMS Pickle, a small schooner raced off from the scenes of the Battle of Trafalgar docking at Falmouth carrying Vice-Admiral Collingwood to deliver the news to the Admiralty on the victory won at Trafalgar and the death of Lord Horatio Nelson on 4th November 1805. Post-Trafalgar Day celebrations between the 4th and 6th November is called 'Pickle Night' named after the ship HMS Pickle.

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Current Location

Fish Strand Quay Car Park, Fish Strand Quay, Falmouth , Carrick, Cornwall, TR11 3BD, England

OS Grid Reference

SW 80944 32871

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 113101
Description: A stainless steel plaque on a granite boulder marking the location of where Lieutenant Lapenotiere disembarked off HMS Pickle onto Falmouth’s Fish Strand Quay, bearing the news of The Battle of Trafalgar, at about 11a.m. on the 4th of November 1805.
Inscription: FISH STRAND QUAY / NEWS OF TRAFALGAR / On the 4th November 1805 Lieutenant John Richards Lapenotiere, Captain of H.M. / Schooner "Pickle", landed here with official dispatches from Vice-Admirial / Collingwood. These dispatches announced the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and reported / the death in action of Admirial Lord Nelson. / By noon Lapenotiere had left by Post-Chaise for London where he reported to the / Admiralty some 38 hours later. Normal stage coach took a week from this journey! / J.R. Lapenotiere, born at Ilfracombe in 1770, joined the Royal Navy in 1780, rose to / the rank of Captain and died in Liskeard in 1834. / This replacement plaque was erected in 2002 by / Falmouth Civic Society / with the support of / Still Waters Charitable Trust

Commemoration

War: Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

History

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Ceremonies

Unveiled: 2002

Conservation

Custodian: Falmouth Civic Society and Still Waters Charitable Trust

Components

Plaque

Made from: Stainless Steel

Condition: Good

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