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Thursday 21st May 2026: 7.30 pm: The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House. The 1794 Battle of the Glorious First of June was the first fleet action of the French Revolutionary Wars and was the culmination of a campaign of interception…

Thursday 9th April 2026: 7.30 pm: The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Last year, Society member Pauline Piddington chose to give short biographies of a selection of Napoleon’s Admirals. She now turns her attention to their Spanish counterparts, again a…

Tuesday 10th March 2026:  7.30pm at the Miller Theatre,  Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School. A mixture of issued arms and privately-owned weapons could be seen in any close naval action of the Trafalgar era.  Be it boarding an enemy…

Thursday 19th February 2026:   2.00pm at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Terry Walton takes a look at ‘Buckler’s Hard’, perhaps one of the lesser-known naval shipyards. It produced over fifty wooden warships for the Royal Navy, including three ships…

Tuesday 27th January 2026:   2.00pm at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Our first talk of 2026 sees Society Chairman Stephen Healy examine Nelson’s so-called ‘Band of Brothers’.  The term is often attributed to Nelson and widely applied to different…

Thursday 11th December 2025: 2.00 pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House. Sir Thomas Slade was the English shipwright best known for designing HMS VICTORY. From humble beginnings as a shipwright in the Naval Dockyards, he rose to become Surveyor…

Thursday 13th November 2025:   7.30pm at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House A class of ship intended for long-range scouting, escort and patrol roles, frigates often ended up doing much more. With a long and distinguished history in many navies, a…

The following are the Trafalgar commemorative events at which the Society will be represented this year. Hope you can join some of them!