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**[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/royal-navy-ratings-service-records-1853-1928/ Royal Navy ratings 1853-1928]
**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. For details of how to access a 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.
:National Archives Guide [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/birth-marriage-death-armed-forces/ How to look for records of... Births, marriages and deaths in the armed forces] Includes Royal Navy. Also see [[Chaplains Returns]] which includes some (limited) references to Naval records.
*National Archives Blog [https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/by-sea-by-land-royal-marine-attestation-and-discharge-records/ "‘By Sea, By Land’: Royal Marine attestation and discharge records"] by Dr George Hay 13 June 2019.
*A great number of service records for seamen who joined the '''Royal Navy''' between 1853 and 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 fee applies to obtain sight of the full record.
