The 1805 Dispatches #25.04 August 2025 5 of 7 NEW SERIES CONFERENCE Inaugural event PRIVATE GUIDED ACCESS to Storehouse Number 10 THREE CLUB EVENTS IN PORTSMOUTH, UK, THIS AUTUMN On Friday 24 October we will be running the first of our new series of naval historical conferences, featuring some of the most interesting authors from the past three years. At the time of writing these include Natacha Abriat (the Glorious First of June), Michael Barritt (Nelson's Pathfinders), David Gibbins (A History of the World in 12 Shipwrecks), Nick Hewitt (Normandy: the Sailors' Story), Andrew Lambert (his latest, No More Napoleons, to be published in June), Brian Lavery (work in progress on midshipmen), and Colin Partridge (The Channel Islands in Anglo-French Relations, 1689-1918). This all-day event will take place in the Princess Royal Gallery and the Nelson Gallery, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth. During the evening of Saturday 25 October we return to the lovely surroundings of HMS NELSON WARDROOM for this social highlight of the year, with Matthew Sheldon, CEO of the NMRN, as our Guest of Honour. Full details of these events will be promulgated to 1805 Club members shortly. During the morning of Saturday 25 October a small group (maximum 12) will be shown around the archive collection and workshop of the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust, home to tens of thousands of items that would otherwise have been lost to history. The archive collection and workshop are not normally open to the public. (Picture adjacent, of and from PRDHT) TRAFALGAR NIGHT DINNER HMS NELSON WARDROOM Photos clockwise from the top: Attendees at Battle of the Nile Luncheon (photo by Mystic Bar and Grill); Mike Bosworth and Catherine Lincoln with Nile wargame (Photo: Pete Stark); The Nile wargame (Photo: Pete Stark); Mike Bosworth’s Little Ships (Photo: Judy Pearson); Peter Pennington give us an AI problem to ponder (Photo: Pete Stark). On 2 August 2025 17 members and guests of The 1805 Club gathered for lunch to commemorate Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson’s victory over the French fleet at Aboukir Bay, Egypt, near the mouth of the Nile. Our luncheon took place at Mystic Bar and Grill Restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia. Prior to our meal, Chairman John Rodgaard gave an update on Club activities. Dr. Jack Satterfield gave an update on the preservation efforts for the ship’s bell of the brig HMS DeBraak, which sank in the Delaware Bay in May 1798. Member Mike Bosworth, who does war-gaming with his little ships, set up an example of a Battle of the Nile game. Following the lunch, Peter Pennington presented an interesting and challenging example of how artificial intelligence may be misused in historical writing and research. It was a very effective discussion, the moral of which was that we all must be very careful in examining the accuracy of our sources for information. We then viewed an animated video of the Nile Battle, which we stopped frequently so that members could add additional commentary. The Battle of the Nile commemorative get together has been an annual event since 2022.
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