DESCENDANT OF TRAFALGAR FRIGATE SWEEPS THE CHANNEL. 18 APRIL 1944, HARWICH. MISS CLEMENCE DANE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT THE FRIGATE HMS PICKLE, WHICH BROUGHT THE NEWS OF THE VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR TO BRITAIN. WHILE SHE WAS COLLECTING MATERIAL FOR THIS BOOK IN THE ADMIRALTY LIBRARY SHE MET LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F C V BRIGHTMAN, RN, THE OFFICER COMMANDING THE PRESENT DAY PICKLE, A FLEET MINESWEEPER AND THE EIGHTH OF HER LINE. - Lieut Cdr F C V Brightman reading the manuscript of the book about the original frigate HMS PICKLE

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