The 1805 Dispatches #24.05 October 2024 6 of 6 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 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 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 timespeci�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! 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 same era; and ・Promotes and engages in the preservation of monuments and memorials relating to the Royal Navy and seafaring people of the later sailingnavy 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 1805 Club Shelton, Notts, UK Email: secretary@1805club.org Telephone: 01949 851346. For a membership application form please contact: Dr Sue Carr, Hon. Membership Secretary, The 1805 Club London, UK Email: membership.secretary@1805club.org Or: Harold E (Pete) Stark, Hon US Secretary, The 1805 Club Annapolis, MD, USA Email: the.americas.membership.secretary@1805club.org Telephone: 410-269-9760 (mobile) Or: Mark Billings, Hon Canadian Secretary, The 1805 Club Montreal, Quebec, Canada Email: canadian.membership.secretary@1805club.org Telephone: 1-514-296-1641 Peter Turner, Editor of The Kedge Anchor Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK Email: ka.editor@1805club.org Telephone: +(44) 7903 251008 EVENTS DIARY Duckboard, bucardo, burdock, ruddock, abord, bardo, board, borak, bourd, brack, broad, brock, bucko, burka, carbo, carob, coarb, cobra, courb, courd, croak, crudo, dobra, dorad, dorba, douar, doura, drack, draco, drouk, duroc, bard, baud, bord, brad, brod, buda, budo, burd, card, coda, cord, crud, curd, dack, dado, darb, dark, daub, daud, daur, doab, dock, docu, dorb, dork, douc, douk, dour, drab, drac, drad, drub, duad, duar, duck, duka, dura, duro, orad, road, rudd Hard to fathom This has come ashore to mean it is difficult to understand, or get to the bottom of, a problem. Clearly, this is based on the impossibility of establishing the depth of very deep water by using a shoaling line NAVAL TERMS THAT HAVE ‘COME ASHORE’ SHIP’S WORD WHEEL ANSWERS DATE EVENT TITLE EVENT DESCRIPTION CLUB LEAD 19 Oct 2024 Trafalgar Night Dinner Trafalgar Night Dinner at HMS Nelson Wardroom, Portsmouth Stephen Howarth 20 Oct 2024 Trafalgar Night Dinner Country Club of Fairfax, Virginia Mess Dress/Black Tie (Limericks essential) Peter Pennington 8 Nov 2024 Visit to Artefacts Repository HM Brig DeBraak, Dover, Delaware USA Pete Stark 15 Feb 2025 Battle of Cape St Vincent Lunch Alexandria, Virginia Pete Stark 8/9 Mar 2025 Return of St. John’s Figtree Parish Register, Nevis Ceremony jointly held by St George and St John Anglican Church, The Nevis Historical and Conservation Society and The 1805 Club Averil Walters Richard Lupinacci Stephen Howarth John Rodgaard Pete Stark 8/9 Mar 2025 Presentation of Nelson’s captain’s uniform Ceremony jointly held by The Nevis Historical and Conservation Society and The 1805 Club Richard Lupinacci John Rodgaard Pete Stark 17 May 2025 The 1805 Club AGM The Army & Navy Club (The Rag), London Stephen Howarth 18 Oct 2025 Trafalgar Night Dinner Portsmouth Stephen Howarth
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