The 1805 Dispatches #25.02 April 2025 8 of 8 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. 1201272, 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 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 Ufford, Suffolk, UK Lazarette, Eleazar, Lazaret, Alteza, Azrael, Lazear, Teazel, Teazle, Tetzel, Etzel, Lazar, Leaze, Razee, Teaze, Tezel, Azle, Ezel, Ezra, Laze, Raze, Trez, Tzar, Zara, Zeal, Zeta Donkey’s Breakfast – 1. A six-foot sack filled with hay, used as a mattress by seamen in the early days. 2. Seamen’s slang for anything badly performed resulting in a mess. NAVAL TERMS THAT HAVE ‘COME ASHORE’ SHIP’S WORD WHEEL ANSWERS MEDAL SALES Member Barry Jolly first brought this medal sale to our attention, because of the interest with Peyton (top), but there was a little more going on, as reported on the website of auctioneers Noonans of Mayfair. On 11 March 2025 Noonans held an auction of Naval Medals from the collection of the late Jason Pilalas. Jason was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. Jason assembled an incredible collection of naval medals, which he vigorously tracked down and purchased from all over the world to complement his many other nautical collecting themes. As much as Jason cherished his collection he was always mindful of the fact that he was just the custodian of these objects in his own lifetime. The important Small Naval Gold Medal awarded to Rear-Admiral John Peyton, Royal Navy, one of Nelson’s ‘Band of Brothers’ who commanded H.M.S. Defence ‘with good sense and courage’ at the battle of the Nile Captain’s (Small) Naval Gold Medal 1794-1815, for the Nile, 1 August 1798 (John Peyton Esquire Captain of H.M.S. The Defence on the 1 of August MDCCXCVIII The French Fleet Defeated) HAMMER PRICE: £40,000 The unique 2-clasp frigate action Naval General Service medal awarded to Admiral Manley Hall Dixon, Royal Navy, Master’s Mate of the Lion at the capture of the Spanish 42-gun frigate Santa Dorotea in July 1798, and Lieutenant of the Horatio at the chase and capture of the French 40-gun frigate Junon in February 1809, on which latter occasion he was severely wounded. Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Lion 15 July 1798, Horatio 10 Feby 1809 (M. H. Dixon, Lieut. R.N.) HAMMER PRICE: £22,000 The important Navarino and Arctic exploration pair awarded to Seaman John Park, Royal Navy, a member of Captain John Ross’s private expedition in the Victory of 1829-33, during which they discovered the Northern Magnetic Pole but were forced to spend four winters in the Arctic. Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (John Park.); Arctic 1818-55 (John Park from 1829 to 1833) contemporarily engraved on the edges. HAMMER PRICE: £19,000
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