Save the Date! New York City
Pickle Night Dinner 11November2011 at the New York Yacht Club
This year marks rhe 206rh anniversary of rhe Barde of Trafalgar, and rhe 9rh New York City Pickle Night Dinner will celebrare rhis history-changing event on 11 November 2011. Those who appreciare rhe historical significance of Admiral Lord Horacio Nelson and rhe lore associared with his life are invited to attend rhis special evening. The dinner is named for HMS Pickle, which raced the news back to Britain of Nelson's victory and death in the Barde of Trafalgar. This event has been a perennial success, with guests attending from the United States and abroad. Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB DL, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff and currendy chairman of rhe National Museum of rhe Royal Navy, will be the principal speaker. Sir Jonarhon also serves as chairman of rhe 1805 Club, an organization dedicated to the conservation of memorials to Georgian naval heroes. The event is black tie or military equivalent. Ticket price is $240 per person. Space is limited-if you wish to make a reservation, please contact Sally McElwreath Callo: email SallyMC79@verizon.net or Ph. 212 972-8667. 48
Historic Figurehead Restored at the Royal Navy Museum
T
he 170-year-old figurehead of HMS Trafalgar (18411873), a likeness ofAdmiral Lord Horatio Nelson, found a new life recently, just in time for the National Museum of the Royal Navy's centenary events on June 29 (see page 19). Located adjacent to Nelson's famous flagship HMS Victory at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in England, the figurehead was a restoration proj ect of the American Friends of the Royal Naval Museum. HMS Trafalgar was launched in 1841 as a first-rate ship-ofthe-line of 120 guns. She was the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness, and saw action in the Crimean War. Converted to steam in 1859, she then served in the Channel- and Mediterranean Fleets, and in 1870 she became a seagoing training ship. Renamed Boscawen in 1873, the ship was sold in 1906 and broken up. Eventually the figurehead moved to its current location in 1976 and joined an impressive collection of figureheads from historic Royal Navy ships. The American Friends of the Royal Naval Museum was organized in 2008 to strengthen the ties berween them use um and those in the United States interested in naval history and the special relationship berween the US Navy and the Royal Navy, particularly the history of Nelson. The major effort in this regard is the New York City Pickle Night Dinner, held every aummn at the New York Yacht Club (see details left).
SEA HISTORY 136, AUTUMN 2011