The 1805 Dispatches #22.02 April 2022 5 of 6 THE 1805 CLUB Founded in 1990, the Club: • Promotes research into and education about the Royal Navy, merchant maritime service and other state navies of the ‘long Georgian era’; and • 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 • Organises relevant cultural, historical and social events. The Club is charity No. 1071871, registered in England and Wales. Individuals desiring further information may contact: Stephen Howarth, Hon. Club Secretary, The 1805Club Shelton Great Barn, Shelton, Notts, NG23 5JQ, UK Email: secretary@1805club.org Telephone: 01949 851346. For a membership application form please contact: Dr Sue Carr, Hon. Membership Secretary, The 1805 Club Email: membership.secretary@1805club.org Or: Harold E (Pete) Stark, Hon US Secretary, The 1805 Club 1980 Scotts Crossing Way, No. 002, Annapolis MD 21401 USA Email: the.americas.membership.secretary@1805club.org Telephone: 410-269-9760 (mobile) Or: Mark Billings, Hon Canadian Secretary, The 1805 Club 4000 Marlowe Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3M2 Canada Email: canadian.membership.secretary@1805club.org 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 1805Club 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 inTheKedge 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 of�icial position of The 1805 Club on any subject unless speci�ically 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-speci�ic 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’ Bitter end – The inboard length of an anchor cable was secured to strong timbers called bitts and if the cable was run out all the way it was said to be at the bitter end, which has come to mean anything at its limit. ADMIRALTY, admiral, tardily, radial, aramid, malady, milady, aridly, myriad, damar, drama, adyta, milad, drail, laird, liard, lidar, tidal, daily, diram, admit, triad, dairy, diary, madly, lardy, mardy, tardy, dimly, drily, dirty, aida, data, dial, laid, amid, maid, arid, raid, adit, diya, lard, lady, dram, dart, drat, trad, dray, yard, mild, idly, idyl, dirt, tidy. SHIP’S WORD WHEEL ANSWERS EVENTS DIARY This is the new Events Diary, which we are delighted to resurrect, having been prevented from including one for the past couple of years because of the Coronavirus restrictions. Items indicated in blue are provisional; further details will be advised to Club members as soon as possible. The Events Committee are discussing additions to this calendar on a monthly basis. EventDate Event Title Event Description ClubLead 18 May 2022 Nelson Room Visit Guided Tour of Nelson Room, Painted Hall, Chapel and grounds Stephen Howarth 28 May 2022 Annual General Meeting AGM and Members Day Stephen Howarth 1 June 2022 Cruise on Tall Ship Providence Cruise and Dinner at local restaurant PeteStark 1 June 2022 Jubilee Fund Raising Quiz Seventy quiz questions sent to those paying participants Kathy Brown 4/5 June 2022 The Trafalgar Way at Vintage Nostalgia Fair Vintage cars and themes with trade stands Kathy Brown Autumn 2022 Return of Nelson’s Marriage Certificate Return of the Marriage Certi�icate and Uniform to St Nevis JohnWills 22 October 2022 Trafalgar Night Dinner Commemorate Battle of Trafalgar Stephen Howarth 2023 Unveiling Cornwallis Plaque Ceremony at St Ann’s Church, HRNB Portsmouth Stephen Tregidgo
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