1805 Dispatches #20.01 June 2020 4 of 5 THE 1805 CLUB The 1805 Club was founded in 1990 and broadly: • Promotes and engages in the preservation of monuments and memorials relating to the Royal Navy and seafaring people of the later sailing-navy era; and • Promotes research into and education about the Royal Navy, merchant maritime service and other state navies of the same era; and • Organises relevant cultural, historical and social events. The Club is charity No. 1071871, registered in England and Wales. Individuals desiring further information may contact: John Curtis, Hon. Club Secretary, The 1805Club 9 Brittains Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2JN,UK Email: jscurtis@btinternet.com Telephone: 01732 453176. For a membership application details please contact: Barry Scrutton, Hon. Membership Secretary, The 1805 Club 1 Cambus Road, London, E16 4AY, UK email: barry@scruttonestates.co.uk; Telephone: 020 7476 1215; Or: Capt. John A. Rodgaard (USN Ret.) Hon. North American Secretary, The 1805Club 6089 Guildhall Court, Burke, Virginia 22015USA Email: john_Rodgaard@yahoo.com; Telephone: 1-321-591-6123. Or: Mark Billings, Hon Canadian Secretary, The 1805 Club 4000 Marlowe Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3M2 Canada Email: mark@marengomgt.com Telephone: 1-514-296-1641 Visit our website: www.1805club.org Or see us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Or to join go to: Join The 1805 Club A Bimonthly Newsletter for Anyone Interested in The 1805 Club PURPOSE. The purpose of this newsletter is to support and advance the Club’s objectives. The newsletter provides anyone who is interested with brief items of news about the club and its activities, in the hope that the it can help the club attract wider interest in naval history and new members. Most of the content will be a précis of articles that will appear in The Kedge Anchor, the six-monthly club magazine. EDITORIAL POLICY. The editor has full editorial responsibility for the newsletter. Views expressed in the newsletter are those of individual authors, unless claimed by the editor. Articles which appear do not express the official position of The 1805 Club on any subject unless specifically noted as such. Content of contributions to the newsletter may be edited for grammar, space allocation, or to better serve the purpose of the newsletter. Contributors wishing to be alerted to editorial decisions should notify the editor at the time that their contribution is submitted. Otherwise the submission will be published within the scope of the editorial policy. ISSUE AND COPY DATES The proposed issue dates for 1805 Dispatches are: February, April, June, August, October and December. Anyone wishing to contribute an article or news item to the editor for inclusion in the newsletter should do so by the beginning of the month preceding the issue in which it is to be inserted. Any articles that are not time-specific can be submitted at any time, with a note advising him of that fact. All copy is welcome, but not all copy may be used! Diary Dates Date Event BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS Nelson’s State Funeral 1806: How to Bury a National Hero(£35) is now available either on line using the ISBN 978-1-5272-4984-4 or direct from Four Wents Publishing, The Four Wents, Goudhurst Road, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2QD, U.K., or by phone from Susan Amos on (+44) (0) 1291-637407. The book will be reviewed in the next issue of The Kedge Anchor. ~~~~~~ Horatia’s Secret (Lulu £16.94) is now available. This historical novel by Liliy Style can be obtained at https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/lily-style/horatiassecret/paperback/product-1kkj96zq.html or in Kindle or e-format from Amazon. Royalties to The 1805 Club. We are hoping that this book, also, will be reviewed in the next issue of The Kedge Anchor. ~~~~~~ From Across the Sea: North Americans in Nelson’s Navy. This book includes contributions from a number of The 1805 Club members, and should be available later in June at https://www.helion.co.uk/forthcoming-militaryhistory-books.php?sid=c8144e8eaf82a326f83a08dbcb6ee3e5 ~~~~~~ Trafalgar by Benito Pérez Galdós is available from Amazon. Written in 1873 this novel retells the story of the Battle of Trafalgar through Spanish eyes. See the review by Kathy Brown at https:// www.thetrafalgarway.org/blog/book-review-trafalgar-bybenito-prez-galds ~~~~~~ Naval Doctrine Publication (NDP) 1: Naval Warfare. As stated in its Foreword, the ‘Naval Doctrine Publication (NDP) 1, Naval Warfare, provides the doctrinal foundation governing our [US] pursuit of excellence in the art and science of naval warfare’ [Sent to me by John Rodgaard, and not for general publication, but interesting if you can get one. Ed.] NAVAL TERMS THAT HAVE ‘COME ASHORE’ Flog [or flogging] a dead horse – Seamen’s slang for doing something for nothing, or no good reason. This is from the fact that the first month’s work on a voyage was called a dead horse, for which the crew were paid in advance. On the last evening of the month the men would flog a straw-filled effigy of a horse being paraded around the ship, after which it would be thrown overboard. The expression came ashore from the fact that the crew would often not work hard during the first month, having already been paid for it. SEAFARING, afar, afire, fain, fair, fane, fang, fans, farang, fare, farina, faring, farse, fear, fearing, fears, feign, feigns, feis, fern, fine, finer, fines, finger, fire, fires, firn, frag, fraise, fries, frig, frigs, fringe, ganef, grief, infer, infers, infra, naif, rife, safari, safe, safer, seif, serf, serif, snarf. 20 = Good, 30 = Excellent, 35 = Amazing FOR REASONS THAT ARE OBVIOUS TO ALL OUR READERS, WITHOUT THEIR HAVING TO BE REMINDED YETAGAIN, THIS COLUMN IS ‘RESTING’. SHIP’S WORD WHEEL ANSWERS
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