THE ROYAL NAVY CLUB

DINNER CARD 2024/2025 (PDF HERE)

 

Date Dinner Venue Meetings
Thursday
27 October 2024

Guest Night ***

To commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH**, Portsmouth

1430 Committee
RN Warfighting Centre
Tuesday
11 February 2025
No Members’ Guests*
To celebrate Founders’ Day
and to entertain the Admiralty Board
Victory Services Club*
London
1430 Committee
Victory Services Club
London
Friday
6 June 2025

Guest Night (Spouses and Partners Welcome)***
To celebrate HM The King’s Birthday and commemorate RN operations against Japan in the Pacific 1942-1945

HMS BELFAST****, London

1430 Committee

HMS BELFAST

Thursday
30 October 2025
Guest Night***
To commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar
HMS NELSON
Portsmouth

1430 Committee

Royal Maritime Club, Queen Street, Portsmouth

Thursday
5 February 2026
No Members’ Guests*
To celebrate Founders’ Day
and to entertain the Admiralty Board
Pewterers’ Hall
London
1430 Committee
Army & Navy Club
London

6

* Not a Guest Night. Club dines the Admiralty Board. All other dinners are guest nights.

** Venue confirmed as HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH

*** All guests warmely welcome

**** Back up venue Pewterers’ Hall, London 

Dinner NOTES

  • Time: 6.15 for 7.00 p.m. for all London dinners (6.45 for 7.30pm dinners elsewhere)
  • Dress: Dinner Jacket without Decorations or Medals
  • Cost: London: Members £90, Guests £100; Elsewhere: Members £75, Guests £85

Members intending to dine are requested to consult the relevant webpage update:

  • If possible, give at least seven days notice to the Secretary of The Royal Navy Club at the address below.
  • If invitation card to guest(s) is wished for, notify Secretary with the names, addresses & post nominals of guest(s)
  • Make payment of the appropriate dinner charge in advance of the dinner – payment on arrival is undesirable and stands the risk of being mislaid during a good dinner!
    See printed dinner card for payment online procedure.

Pre-dinner drinks reception start times have been advance by 15 mins to give more time for fellowship.

There will be a seating plan for all dinners. Members should make known any seating preferences on notifying the Secretary of their intention to dine, and include any need for pre-dinner changing facilities.

payments

Members are encouraged to pay on line direct to the Royal Navy Club account at Holt’s Military Banking and are requested to inform the Secretary in advance of their intention. Surname, initials and month of dinner should be used as the reference.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

7 Sept 23 – Royal Maritime Club, Queen Street, Portsmouth Guest Speaker: Cdr Teilo Elliot-Smith, CO HMS TAMAR

5 Sept 24 – HMS Collingwood, Portsmouth

Accommodation

The Army & Navy Club (the “Rag”) and the Naval & Military Club (the “In & Out”) offer temporary honorary membership to those dining with the Royal Navy Club in London for the night of the dinner. For reservations telephone 0207 827 8029

NOTICES OF DINNERS

Notices, with the names of Presidents and Principal Guests, are posted in Service Clubs and shore Wardroom Messes.

You can also sign up (in the footer, below) to receive Notices by email.

Reports of dinners which have taken place are published by The Daily Telegraph.

A list of more recent dinners can be found below and in the archive.

Update Your Details

Any change to your email address, postal address, style or title should be sent to the secretary@royalnavyclub.org

Or by post to :

The Secretary
The Royal Navy Club
Trafalgar
2 Elston Meadow
Crediton
Devon EX17 3SZ

Or by phone: 01363 773421
Or mobile: 07749 380332

 

Recent dinners

Date Venue No. Dining President Club Guests
17 October 2024 HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 108 Capt Will King Mr Stephen Prince, Cdr Ed Moss-Ward
14 June 2024 RY Britannia 85 Cdre Mike Beardall Dr Tim Benbow
1 February 2024 Army & Navy Club 68 Adm Sir Philip Jones Earl of Minto, Adm Sir Ben Key, Admiralty Board
26 October 2023 BRNC Dartmouth 63 Capt Sarah Oakley Cdre Simon Kelly, Cdr Russell Clark
2 June 2023 HMS BELFAST 58 Capt Richie Hewitt VAdm Sir Alan Massey
2 February 2023 Army & Navy Club 70 Adm Philip Jones Rt Hon James Heappey MP, Adm Sir Ben Key, VAdm Martin Connell, RAdm Anthony Rimington, Mrs Sara Davies, Lt Cdr Tom Loxton
10 June 2022 RY Britannia 95 Captain Gavin Pritchard Cdr Charles Wylie
3 February 2022 HQS Wellington 63 VAdm Sir Charles Montgomery Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin MP
Adm Sir Ben Key
VAdm Andrew Burns
VAdm Martin Connell
RAdm Iain Lower
28 October 2021 HMS Nelson 78 VAdm Andrew Burns No guest speaker
4 June 2021 Cancelled due to pandemic N/A N/A N/A
4 February 2021 Zoom Conference 110 VAdm Sir Charles Montgomery Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP
Admiral Tony Radakin
Rear Admiral Iain Lower
29 October 2020 Cancelled due to Pandemic N/A N/A N/A
6 February 2020 Naval and Military Club,
St James’s
76 VAdm Sir Charles Montgomery Admiral Tony Radakin
Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd
Vice Admiral Nick Hine
Lt Cdr Mark White
24 October 2019 HMS Victory 104 Cdre Rob Vitali Dr Nicholas Rodger
14 June 2019 RY Britannia 96 RAdm Neil Rankin RAdm John Weale
7 February 2019 The Naval Club, Mayfair 73 Adm Sir Mark Stanhope Rt Hon Earl Howe PC
Admiral Sir Philip Jones
Vice Admiral Ben Key
Vice Admiral Tony Radakin
Maj Gen Gwyn Jenkins RM
Maj Gen Charlie Stickland RM
Lt Cdr James Wallington-Smith
Mr George Hutchinson
25 October 2018 The Wardroom, HMS NELSON 85 Cdr Paul Ottewell Prof Julian Lindley-French (speaker),
Lt Cdr Hugh Harris RN (Prize winner)
7 June 2018 HMS EAGLET, Liverpool 54 VAdm Michael Gretton Mr Jonathan Dimbleby (speaker)
Cdre Philip Waterhouse
Surg Cdr Harry Rourke RNR
Dr Laura Smith
Lt Cdr Roy Miller RNR

Dinners (archive) >