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*[http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=hist_fac_pubs  "Anglo-Japanese Naval Cooperation, 1914-1918"] by Timothy D. Saxon ''Naval War College Review'' Winter 2000, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p62 . Website of Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.
*[http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=hist_fac_pubs  "Anglo-Japanese Naval Cooperation, 1914-1918"] by Timothy D. Saxon ''Naval War College Review'' Winter 2000, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p62 . Website of Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.
*[http://www.navyrecords.org.uk Navy Records Society]. The Navy Records Society publishes in print and online rare and original documents on naval history. A subscription gives access to Digital volumes. Some sample pages from a book published by the Navy Records Society: Vol. 158 (2011),[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_AmiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919–1929''] edited by Paul Halpern. Google Books.
*[http://www.navyrecords.org.uk Navy Records Society]. The Navy Records Society publishes in print and online rare and original documents on naval history. A subscription gives access to Digital volumes. Some sample pages from a book published by the Navy Records Society: Vol. 158 (2011),[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_AmiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919–1929''] edited by Paul Halpern. Google Books.
*[https://www.nmrn.org.uk/shore-establishments Naval Shore Establishments] National Museum Royal Navy. Includes India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_and_China_Station East Indies and China Station] Wikipedia. In existence 1831 to 1865, until separated into two separate stations. Rejoined in 1941 to form the Eastern Fleet.
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station East Indies Station] Wikipedia. The East Indies Station had bases  in [[Ceylon]] at Colombo and Trincomalee,  and at [[Bombay (City)|Bombay]], Basra and [[Aden]].
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_China  Commander-in-Chief, China] Wikipedia. Information about China Station. The formation had bases at [[Singapore]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[China|Wei Hai]].
*[http://ellott-postalhistorian.com/articles/Hong-Kong-Station.pdf‪ "The Royal Navy East Indies & China Naval Station: A brief History Including Letters from Officers and Seamen"] by Gerald J. Ellott May 2011.  ''Postal History and Philately''.
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YWUBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Royal Naval Biography] 1828 by John Marshall googlebooks
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YWUBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Royal Naval Biography] 1828 by John Marshall googlebooks
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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5pdkLC95UfsC&pg=PR1 ''A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.''] by Edward Ives, formerly Surgeon of Admiral Watson’s Ship, and of His Majesty’s Hospital in the East Indies 1773 Google Books. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/502897 Pdf download], Digital Library of India, possibly a reprint edition.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5pdkLC95UfsC&pg=PR1 ''A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.''] by Edward Ives, formerly Surgeon of Admiral Watson’s Ship, and of His Majesty’s Hospital in the East Indies 1773 Google Books. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/502897 Pdf download], Digital Library of India, possibly a reprint edition.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505275 ''The Navy In India 1763-1783''] by Herbert W. Richmond 1931. Pdf download, Digital Library of India,
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505275 ''The Navy In India 1763-1783''] by Herbert W. Richmond 1931. Pdf download, Digital Library of India,
*''Report on the Health of the Navy''. Initially titled ''Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy'', and some editions possibly may have been titled ''Statistical Report of the Health of the Navy''. It appears to have been published annually from at least 1830, through to c 1936 by HMSO [His/Her Majesty's Stationery Office] and also presented to the House of Commons as a Parliamentary Paper.
*''Report on the Health of the Navy''. Title varied. Initially titled ''Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy'', and some editions possibly may have been titled ''Statistical Report of the Health of the Navy''.  Also ''A Statistical Return of the Health of the Royal Navy''. Later titles may have omitted  ''Statistical''. It appears to have been published generally annually from 1830, through to c 1936 by HMSO [His/Her Majesty's Stationery Office] and also presented to the House of Commons as a Parliamentary Paper.
:[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kKVdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Statistical Reports on the Health of the Navy, for the years 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836, etc.''] [A reprint of part 1, without the Appendices]. 1841 Google Books
**[http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC1008939/pdf/brjindmed00111-0024.pdf "The health of the Navy: the changing pattern"] by FP Ellis ''Brit. J. Industr. Med''., 1969, 26, 190-201. pubmedcentralcanada.ca
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aS8TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy for the Year 1871''] ''Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 46'' 1873. Google Books.
**[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kKVdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Statistical Reports on the Health of the Navy, for the years 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836, etc. [A reprint of pt. 1, without the Appendices<nowiki>]</nowiki>'']. 1841 Google Books
:*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aS8TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA218-IA1 Map of East India Station]
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PiBcAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR1  ''A Statistical Return of the Health of the Royal Navy for the Year 1858''] in ''Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons 1861 Volume XXXVIII'' 1861. Google Books
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aS8TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy for the Year 1871''] ''Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 46'' 1873. Google Books.
***[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aS8TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA218-IA1 Map of East India Station]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NNsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Navy Estimates''] ''Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 35'' 1863. Google Books. Includes
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NNsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Navy Estimates''] ''Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 35'' 1863. Google Books. Includes
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NNsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA109 "China"]
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NNsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA109 "China"]

Revision as of 02:52, 4 March 2017

Records

  • A great number of service records for seamen who joined the Royal Navy between 1853 and 1923 are now online and can be searched and downloaded at the relevant documents online section of the The National Archives website. There is no charge for the initial search but a small fee applies to obtain sight of the full record.
  • Other Navy Records held at the National Archives include Officers’ service records (1756-1917) and wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786-1822). – many of these records can also be searched and downloaded.
  • findmypast includes two associated databases located in Armed forces & conflict/Service Records
"British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1919" and "British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records Browse, 1704-1919".These include records from the National Archives series ADM 29 / 1-32, 34-131 – Admiralty: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, coastguard and related services: Officers’ and Ratings’ Service Records (Series II) 1802-1919.
  • findmypast includes two databases located in Armed forces & conflict/First World War
"Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1919"
"Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920"
The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.

Merchant Navy

  • findmypast includes the following databases located in Education & work/Merchant navy & maritime
    • Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941. National Archives records BT 348, BT 349, BT 350 and BT 364. Images. Some records include photographs
    • England & Wales Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913. Transcripts and some images. Includes Lascars
    • Ireland Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1863-1921. Images of the original records from the National Archives of Ireland. Crew members were not only from Ireland but also from around the world.

Navy List

  • For links to a selection from 1782 -1945 searchable online see the Fibiwiki page Military Periodicals online- Navy Lists
  • Navy Lists are also available on the website of the National Library of Scotland, NLS, with transcriptions available, together with a Search facility, as Navy Lists: 1913 to 1944
  • The pay website Ancestry has a broken range of editions of the Navy List from 1888 to 1970. These are searchable by name and linked to relevant page images.

Medal Rolls

Free downloads of the Naval Medal Rolls are available from the National Archives website, or the same information is available on the pay website Ancestry. See the page Medal Rolls for details.

External links

Historical books online

Volume III 1898. Covers the period 1714-1792. Index entry East India
Volume IV 1899. Includes "Major Operations of the Royal Navy 1793-1802" page 196
Volume V 1900. Includes "Major Operations of the Royal Navy 1803-1815" page 44
Volume VI 1901. Includes "Military History of the Royal Navy 1816-1856" page 222
Volume VII 1903. Includes "Military History of the Royal Navy 1857-1900" page 91
History of the Great War based on Official Documents: The Merchant Navy by Archibald Hurd 1921-1929. Volume I, Volume II Archive.org. Volume III is available as a transcribed edition on Naval-History.net
  • First World War books by E. Keble Chatterton, late Lieutenant-Commander RNVR:
Q-Ships and their Story 1923 Archive.org. Q-ship Wikipedia. Q-Ships were armed ships, originally merchant ships, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.
Danger Zone: the Story of the Queenstown Command 1934 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
Dardanelles Dilemma: The Story of the Naval Operations by E. Keble Chatterton 1935 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a pdf to download Digital Library of India.
Seas of Adventures: the Story of the Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Aegean [1914-1918] 1936 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
"Severn's" Saga by E. Keble Chatterton 1938 Hathi Trust Digital Library. HMS Severn in East Africa.

German Navy

References

  1. gwyrosydd Naval Staff Monographs online Great War Forum 16 March 2015, Retrieved 16 March 2015