The 1805 Dispatches #21.02 April 2021 4 of 4 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. Contact details: John Curtis, Hon. Club Secretary, The 1805 Club 9 Brittains Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2JN,UK Email: secretary@1805club.org 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: membership.secretary@1805club.org Telephone: 020 7476 1215. Or: Capt. John A. Rodgaard (USN Ret.), Hon. North American Secretary, The 1805 Club 6089 Guildhall Court, Burke, Virginia 22015 USA 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 The 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. Much 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 The 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! NAVAL TERMS THAT HAVE ‘COME ASHORE’ Brass monkeys – Brass storage tracks for cannon balls were called monkeys and when the weather was cold it was not unusual for the iron balls to contract and fall through the holes, from which the expression to freeze the balls of a brass monkey has a much milder source than is usually believed. LONGITUDE, deil, deli, dentil, diel, diluent, dilute, dingle, diol, dole, doline, dolt, dongle, duel, eluding, eluting, elution, geld, gelid, gelt, gild, gilet, gilt, glen, glide, glint, glinted, glue, glued, gluon, glut, glute, glutei, gluten, gold, golde, guild, guile, guilt, guilted, gulden, gulet, idle, idol, indole, indulge, indult, ingle, inlet, intel, legion, legit, leno, lent, lentigo, lento, lentoid, lide, lied, lien, lieu, line, lined, ling, lingo, lino, lint, lion, lite, lode, loden, lodge, loge, login, loin, lone, long, longed, loti, loud, louden, lounge, lounged, lout, ludo, luge, luged, lune, lung, lunge, lunged, lungi, lute, luted, lutein, luting, lutino, nodule, toil, ogle, ogled, oiled, olde, olden, oldie, outline, outlined, telos, tilde, tile, tiled, tingle, tingled, toil, toile, toiled, told, tolu, tuile, tule, ulto, unlet, unlit, unoiled, until, untold, utile. 60=Good, 85 = Excellent, 100 = Amazing SHIP’S WORD WHEEL ANSWERS ANYONE FANCY A BEER? Mementos of the 2010 events commemorating the bicentenary of Collingwood's death. Initiated by The 1805 Club and magnificently expanded by Newcastle City Council and others, the celebrations ran for 9 months. "Admiral's Ale" (5% ABV) was made around this time in Nelson's honour by the St Austell Brewery in Cornwall, with a label that captures something of his exuberance. "Collingwood 2010 Festival Ale" (4.1% ABV) was made for the occasion by Wylam Brewery, a few miles outside Newcastle. The Collingwood label shows his Tyneside statue in silhouette against fireworks, and could indicate his more modest character, living his outstanding career in Nelson's shadow. (Photos courtesy of Stephen Howarth – How on earth can anyone keep bottles of beer unopened for more than ten years!? Ed.) If you are a student or budding author seeking an opportunity to get your research published, The 1805 Club are always looking for interesting original and relevant articles for inclusion in The Kedge Anchor, our twice-yearly magazine, whether or not you are a member. Contact the Editor.
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