The 1805 Dispatches #25.06 December 2025 10 of 10 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. 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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 Eyke, Suffolk, UK Moonraker, karroo, korero, korora, kroner, kronor, marker, ranker, remark, karoo, kerma, korma, krona, krone, kroon, maker, naker, nerka, oaken, raker, amok, kame, kaon, karo, keno, kern, kero, knar, koan, kora, kore, koro, make, mako, mark, merk, moke, moko, monk, mook, nark, nerk, nook, nork, okra, rake, rank, rark. Piping Hot. The bo’sun would blow on a pipe to tell mess masters, or mess cooks, food was ready and to go and collect it while it was still hot. NAVAL TERMS THAT HAVE ‘COME ASHORE’ SHIP’S WORD WHEEL ANSWERS Pocket watches worn by Admiral Nelson and two of his most important officers at Trafalgar have been reunited for the first time since the battle. Just before the battle on Oct 21 1805, the British commander called several of his officers together on HMS Victory and instructed them to set their watches by the time displayed on his own. Thomas Masterman Hardy, his flag captain on the Victory, and Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, the second in command of the fleet were among them. Now an anonymous collector has managed to bring all three men’s watches together and they are to go under the hammer at Spinks in London on 9 December with an estimated sale price of £800,000 to £1.2m. Martyn Downer, the Nelson expert who represents the owner, said: “It is remarkable that these three gold watches have come together after more than 200 years. “Nelson’s was made by the brilliant Swiss-born Josiah Emery and was one of just 38 examples, of which only 22 are known to survive. “He was probably given it after the Battle of the Nile in 1798, and we know he treasured it. “It was Nelson’s niece Charlotte who had it made into a carriage clock to be passed to her descendants who joined the Navy, which it was.” [Top image, all from DT] Mr Downer added: “Hardy’s watch, which has only recently been discovered, was made by Robert Holland in 1755 and was probably a family gift. [Centre image] “Like Nelson’s, it would have been at some of the most celebrated battles in British history, and has been described as the watch he wore while he held the dying Nelson in his arms.” The expert said of the third watch: “Collingwood was second in command at Trafalgar and assumed command on Nelson’s death. He bought his watch by Thomas Moss on his last leave in England, two years before Trafalgar. [Bottom image] “The watches for sale are as close as anyone can get to Trafalgar – by holding them and looking at their dials as just as Nelson, Hardy and Collingwood did. “For collectors, they are of supreme importance and never before has there been a chance to buy the time that won the Battle of Trafalgar.” [This story, edited from the Daily Telegraph, resulted from a tip-off by Mark West] WATCHES WORN BY TRAFALGAR VICTORS
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