Events in the United Kingdom

April 2019 – Hardy event
Tuesday 2nd April 2019

Full itinerary and details will be posted soon in the Kedge Anchor and the website.

AGM and Members’ Day
Saturday 11th May 2019

The AGM and Members’ Day will be held in London.

The venue and The Cecil Isaacson Memorial Lecture will be held at the East Indian Club, London and full year and full details will be published in the Kedge Anchor.

Tom Fremantle has agreed to deliver the The Cecil Isaacson Memorial Lecture; his subject will be “King of New South Wales” which does not refer to George III but to the 3rd Governor of NSW, Captain P G King RN, and the role of the Navy in the founding of Australia 1787-1807.  

250th Anniversary of Captain James Cook observing and recording the Transit of Venus on 3rd June 1769
Saturday 1st June 2019

The 1805 Club and the Captain Cook Society are organising a joint event in Whitby, North Yorkshire from Saturday the 1st June to Tuesday the 4th June 2019 to commemorate and celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Captain James Cook observing and recording the Transit of Venus on the 3rd June 1769.

A full itinerary of the four days, which includes a day of talks on Monday the 3rd June 2019 relating to the transit of Venus and the historic legacy of Cook to navigation and cartography, plus full details of an evening dinner and guest speaker, visits to museums and places of interest relating to Captain James Cook, hotels and parking will be posted in the Kedge Anchor. Members will also receive full details soon by email from the Membership Secretary in the first instance asking for confirmation of members’ intention to attend.

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The 1805 Club and Milford-on-Sea Historical Record Society
Friday 5th July 2019

The 1805 Club and Milford-on-Sea Historical Record Society have arranged a major ceremony for Admiral Cornwallis on 5th to the 6th July 2019.  To read Cornwallis Remembered 1819–2019

Full itinerary and details will be posted soon in the Kedge Anchor and the website.

Trafalgar Dinner
Saturday 26th October 2019

The Trafalgar Dinner will held at HMS Nelson, Portsmouth.

Full itinerary and details will be posted soon in the Kedge Anchor and the website.