Members and friends of the Hamilton Naval Association are invited to the 9th Annual HMS PICKLE dinner, commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar.

Saturday, November 7^th, 2026

Port Credit Yacht Club, Mississauga

The gun room of HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society invite naval enthusiasts to our commemorative dinner for the Battle of Trafalgar (October 21^st, 1805) and the immortal memory of Lord Nelson.

HMS Pickle was the first vessel to bring Vice-Admiral Collingwood’s dispatches to England’s Admiralty Board, of the great victory and the death of Nelson.  HMS Pickle landed in Portsmouth with the news on November 4^th, 1805.

The formal dinner consists of:
* 6:30 pm Cocktails of Crispy Pickles and bites as hors d’oeuvre
* 7:15 pm Dinner with toasts
     * Cream of Watercress

     * Fresh ship’s biscuits (no bargemen included) and no maggoty butter
     * Chicken Montmorency, pan roasted chicken supreme stuffed with dried cherries, apricots, pine nuts and    

        fresh herbs, spun Yukon Gold potato, fresh vegetables and a Grand Marnier jus or Eggplant parmigiana
     * Spotted Dick Steamed Pudding, served family style with Crème Anglaise
     * Scot Coffee and Tea service

Dress code: Active and retired armed forces personnel (dress uniform or regimental mess dress), military re-enactors in uniform, wearing of appropriate military decorations, Georgian civilian or modern civilian business attire.

Cost: $90 per person, including tax and tip.  Payment is to be e-transferred to Gurth.Pretty.4pc@gmail.com by Thursday, October 30th.  In a separate e-mail to Gurth, state your choice of main course and of any food allergies.

Cash bar, payable by credit or debit card at the dinner.

A silent auction will occur, to pay for maintenance and improvement of the Psyche longboat.  Payable by e-transfer.

Location: Port Credit Yacht Club, 115 Lakefront Promenade, Mississauga, ON L5E 3G6

“Si vis pacem, para bellum”

Royal Navy motto (If you wish for peace, prepare for war)

Possibly take on board HMCS PATHFINDER, STAR’s tender. McFetrick was CO from June 1942 to February 1944. CPO Walter “Pop” Carey went on to become a Sea Cadet officer at RCSCC LION after the war. I wonder if the sailor identified as H. Sager is actually Herb Seager.

Five Restigouche Class destroyer escorts (Gatineau, St. Croix, Restigouche, Kootenay & Terra Nova) of the 5th Canadian Escort Squadron and three Prestonian Class frigates (Buckingham, Cap de la Madelaine & Lauzon) of the 9th Canadian Escort Squadron alongside STAR from 23 to 25 August 1959 following the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway on 26 June 1959. Prior to that, the maximum size of ships that could enter the lakes was restricted to 82 metres or 269 feet by the locks of the Lachine Canal.