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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/atozresearch-guides-keywords/?show=keywords&keyword-letter=r.htm National Archives Guides:Browse our research guidance A-Z index, letter R] Select guides relating to the Royal Navy and , Royal Navy PersonnelNaval Reserve, etc. Includes**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/research-guides/lookingroyal-navy-forratings-1853-person1928/royalnavyrating1853Royal Navy ratings 1853-19231928]**If a rating entered the Royal Navy after 1928, or a Royal Navy officer entered after May 1917, his record will still be with the Ministry of Defence.htm Looking for records For details of how to access a rating record from the MOD, see the equivalent Fibiwiki section [[British Army#Army personnel serving after January 1921|British Army - Army personnel serving after January 1921]], and select information in the links provided relating to the Royal Navy 1853-1923].*A great number of service records for seamen who joined the '''Royal Navy''' between 1853 and 1923 1928 are now online and can be searched and downloaded at the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/royal-navy-service.asp 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.
**A new free-to-search database resource project [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/new-project-to-launch-with-the-national-maritime-museum-and-the-crew-list-index-project/ Royal Navy First World War Lives at Sea], based principally on service records held by The National Archives, is being undertaken, with the aim of completing the project by November 2018.
*Other [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/navy.asp 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.
