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*[http://www.godfreydykes.info/ROYAL%20NAVY%20OFFICIAL%20NUMBERS%20%5bRATINGS%5d.htm Royal Navy Official Numbers for Ratings]. There were multiple series of numbers applying from 1894, with changes from 1908, 25 October 1925, 1931, 1934, 1943 and post WW2 changes.

*[https://www.pdavis.nl/Background.htm William Loney RN - Background] information about the Navy in the 1800s. pdavis.nl

*[https://www.maritimefoundation.uk/publications/maritime-2023/the-wavy-navy-a-forgotten-legacy/ "The Wavy Navy: a forgotten legacy"] The history of the RNVR by Cdr Sue Eagles December 1, 2022 maritimefoundation.uk. In the First World War, a large proportion of the RNVR were formed into the Royal Navy Division. Mentions two very good accounts ''Wavy Navy, a collection of writings by members of the RNVR'' (Harrap, 1950) (Second World War) and ''The RNVR: a Record of Achievement'' by Lennox Kerr and Wilfred Granville (Harrap, 1957) (an account of their exploits from the late 19th C to post WW2).

*[https://www.rmhistoricalsociety.org Royal Marines Historical Society] which contains a link on its website to the website

:[https://archive.org/details/royalnavy06clow ''Volume VI''] 1901. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/royalnavy06clow#page/222/mode/2up "Military History of the Royal Navy 1816-1856"] page 222

:[https://archive.org/details/royalnavy07clow ''Volume VII]'' 1903. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/royalnavy07clow#page/90/mode/2up "Military History of the Royal Navy 1857-1900"] page 91

*For titles such as ''The Queen's Regulations and the Admiralty Instructions for the Government of Her Majesty's Naval Service'' and ''The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service'', ''Manual of Seamanship'', and ''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service'', see [[Military periodicals online#Navy Regulations, Manuals etc|Military periodicals online - Navy Regulations, Manuals etc]]

*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1891 Admiralty Fleet Orders ADM 182] Catalogue description, The National Archives, Kew. "Printed routine orders issued to ships and establishments for information, guidance and action. The orders cover matters of general interest or requiring wide circulation, including technical, administrative and disciplinary regulations, and official instructions and information."

* ''The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford'' [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofadmiral0001bere/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofadmiral0002bere/page/n7/mode/2up Volume II] 1914 Archive.org. He was in the Royal Navy 1859-1909.

*[https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsinroya00scotuoft ''Fifty Years in the Royal Navy''] by Admiral Sir Percy Scott 1919. Includes Naval gunnery, [[3rd China War|the Boxer Rising]], the China Station and WW1.

*[https://archive.org/details/mediterraneannav0000halp/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Mediterranean Naval Situation, 1908-1914''] by Paul G. Halpern Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_G._Halpern Paul G. Halpern] Wikipedia. Halpern's later books include publications of the Navy Records Society, (refer External links above) ''The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, 1915-1918'' (Volume 126, 1987), and ''The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929'' (Volume 158, 2011). These latter books are available online to NRS members, and also available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010066046 and UIN: BLL01015816949 .

*''History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Naval Operations''.Volumes I-III by Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, Volumes IV-V by Henry Newbolt. Published 1920-1931. Archive.org and Hathi Trust (Vol. V): [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations01corb Volume I], includes Cameroons and the Far East; [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations00newbgoog Volume II], includes Gallipoli; [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations03corb Volume III] includes Gallipoli and Mesopotamia; [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations04corb Volume IV] , includes Mesopotamia; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b2985875?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Volume V]. [http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm Naval-History.net] has transcribed editions which additionally contain maps from a separate case for Volumes II and III.