THE ROYAL NAVY CLUB
DINNER CARD FOR 2022/2023
Date | Dinner | Venue | Meetings |
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Friday 1 September 2022 |
In Person and Zoom |
Reed Hall, Exeter University |
1730 Drinks and Buffet on completion |
Thursday 20 October 2022 |
Guest Night To commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar |
HMS WARRIOR 1860 |
1430 Committee Royal Maritime Club** |
Thursday * 2 February 2023 |
To celebrate Founders’ Day and to entertain the Admiralty Board |
Army & Navy Club London (No Members’ Guests) |
1430 Committee Army & Navy Club London |
Friday 2 June 2023 |
Guest Night |
HMS BELFAST, London |
1430 Committee Location TBC |
Thursday 26 October or 19 October 2023 |
Guest Night To commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar |
BRNC DARTMOUTH, Devon |
1430 Committee Britannia Room, BRNC |
Thursday * 1 February 2024 |
To celebrate Founders’ Day and to entertain the Admiralty Board |
HQS WELLINGTON London (No Members’ Guests) |
1430 Committee HQS WELLINGTON London |
NB: Spouses and partners are warmly welcome as guests at June dinners.
* Not a Guest Night. Club dines the Admiralty Board. All other dinners are guest nights.
** Royal Maritime Club, Queen Street, Portsmouth PO1 3HS (previously the “Sailors’ Home Club”)
Dinner NOTES
- 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 £80, Guests £90; Elsewhere: Members £65, Guests £75
Members intending to dine are requested to:
- 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
2022 1 Sept 2022, 1730 in Reed Hall, Exeter University
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 |
10 June 2022 | RY Britannia | tbc | Captain Gavin Pritchard | Cdr Charles Wylie |
3 February 2022 | HQS Wellington | tbc | 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 |