The Royal Navy will lead a replica of the historic schooner HMS Pickle into her new home in Hull tomorrow (Friday 25 September). Patrol vessel HMS Explorer will escort the recently- restored HMS Pickle – the first ship to bring news of Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar to the UK – into Hull Marina. Explorer – which is based in the marina - will rendezvous with HMS Pickle three miles up river before leading her into her berth. Lieutenant Anthony Kane, 29, Explorer’s Commanding Officer, said: “This will be one of my proudest moments in my Royal Navy career. Explorer is the first ship I have commanded and to be involved in an event such as this is fantastic - HMS Pickle’s arrival is creating a lot of interest in the area.” please log in to view this image Today Pickle Night is still a big event in the Navy’s calendar, being celebrated each year on November 6. Among Explorer’s crew is Chief Petty Officer Paul Tock who hails from Hull. The 46-year-old is among five full-time sailors on board. HMS Explorer is one of 14 patrol vessels are attached to universities to give students an understanding of the Royal Navy’s global role. Explorer is linked to the universities of Hull, Sheffield, Leeds and York. Last month the vessel returned from a two-month deployment to the Baltic where she flew the flag for the UK at various events across ten countries. A total of 50 students spent ten days each on board as part of their navigation and sea awareness training. http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-an.../150924-explorer-leads-hms-pickle-to-new-home
Pickles Night, costume and ****loads of rum with buxom barmaids. Great nights. HMS Pickle docked in Falmouth to bring news of Nelsons death. I imagine a few on here will visit the ship if we're allowed. HT?
I was given the option of 6 hours worth of night diving or join the other senior rates at Horse Island on their Pickles Night. My diving the next morning was very shabby!!!
Apparently there was a good turn out to welcome it at the Marina yesterday and it was escorted along the Humber by a flotilla of RNLI and Police boats.
Would have loved to see its arrival but I don't recall any mention of its pending arrival anywhere local
HDM did run a piece on it two days ago, as did the BBC local news, though I also didn't spot it until yesterday. Some pictures of its arrival... http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Watc...-Hull-marina/story-27869053-detail/story.html
Still a poor bit of promotion by the local media. I would have driven over, as I am sure would quite a few others, to watch its arrival if I had known. Talking of visitors, they should make more of the Bounty being built locally. Shame the money isn't there for a replica, it would be quite an attraction.
Didn't know that. The replica, which was slightly larger than the original, which was used in the remake of Mutiny On The Bounty, Pirates OfThe Caribbean and a number of other films and TV programmes sank in a hurricane near the USA a few years back.
Both replicas were originally made for films, one in the 60's and one in the 80's, the one that sank was supposed to have had a descendent of Fletcher Christian's on it at the time, but I'm not sure if that's an urban myth.
I can't remember the detail, but Christian lived on one of the south sea islands, where the locals were so friendly toward him, a decent percentage of Islanders now share his blood line, so one being on the boat is possibly not as unlikely as it seems.
Just spotted this... Vice Admiral Parker, USCG, reported the ship had sunk and fourteen people had been rescued from liferafts by two rescue helicopters. The storm had washed the captain and two crew overboard—one of the latter had made it to a liferaft, but the other two were missing. They wore orange survival suits complete with strobe lights, thus rescuers had some hope of finding them alive. Claudene Christian, one of the two missing crew members and who claimed to be related to HMS Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian was found by the Coast Guard. She was unresponsive, and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
I can't find anywhere giving details about allowing people onboard, shame really. Drove past it earlier and there a handful of folk taking pictures etc. It's here for 2 weeks so maybe it'll be open to visitors during this period.
I don't know if it is physically or financially possible but both this ship and lighthouse boat moored in the Marina would be better off in the useless bit of water space right in the city centre where Princes Quay is situated. Except for a few canoe appearances a couple of times a year nothing is visible in the bit of water in it present state it would be better filled in and used as even more car parking than just left for months on end. I would even say that the Artic Corsair would be better off moored at the Quay.
