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**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. Note that it is now possible to apply online for Royal Navy records, using a debit or credit card (not currently (2022/04/30) available for British Army records).
: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.
:[https://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/collegeofhumanities/history/researchcentres/centreformaritimehistoricalstudies/Naval_Records.pdf '' A Guide to the Naval Records in the National Archives of the UK''] edited by Randolph Cock and N A M Rodger. 383 pages. 2nd Edition 2008, first published 2006. Published by University of London School of Advanced Study Institute of Historical Research in conjunction with The National Archives of the UK.
*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.
*Ancestry released 3 October 2018, the first stage of records in the database "UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923",<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61588 "UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923"] Ancestry.</ref> (located in Military), which are index records, with the images available on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3,<ref>[https://www.fold3.com/browse/250/h-gceWkCT "UK, WWI Pension Ledgers, 1914-1923"] fold3.</ref> (which requires an Ancestry All Access subscription, or a separate fold3 subscription). The first released records relate to '''Naval''' and '''Mercantile Marine''' explained in the WFA article [http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/october-2018/release-of-naval-and-mercantile-marine-pension-records-by-ancestry/ "Release of Naval and Mercantile Marine Pension Records by Ancestry"] October 2018.
*See [[Chaplains Returns#External links|Chaplains Returns - External links]] for details of the website "deceased online" which has some naval records from the UK under the title "UK and overseas garrisons; Registers of burials".
*[http://www.fleetairarm.com/royal-navy-royal-marines-services-records.aspx Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service Records held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum]. The FAA Museum, part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, is located at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset (also known as HMS Heron). The FAA Museum generally does not hold records of service for those who enlisted after about 1925, which are still held in the custody of the Ministry of Defence.Currently (2023/03) [https::'''Update''' December 2018//www.nmrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-10/Researching_Naval_Personnel.pdf "Researching Naval Personnel"] (nmrn.org.uk) has some details of the records held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. The A [https://web.archive.org/web/20220928072753/http://www.fleetairarm.com/navalroyal-navy-aviationroyal-researchmarines-services-records.aspx Archive & Research Centre previous webpage] is closed, as its staff are working elsewherenow archived, has more details, including details of some records at The National Archives, Kew. [https://www.nmrn.org.uk/index.php/collections Collections](nmrn. This means records cannot currently be requestedorg. This could be uk) scroll to, and open "How can I view the situation until perhaps collections" gives details of visiting the end of 2020Fleet Air Arm Museum research room (twice a month) and Digitisation on Demand charges.
*[https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/research-guides/research-guide-b-royal-navy Research guides: The Royal Navy] Royal Museums Greenwich. Includes [https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/research-guides/research-guide-b1-royal-navy-tracing-people "Research guide B1: The Royal Navy: Tracing people"] and [https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/research-guides/research-guide-b3-royal-navy-sources-enquiries "Research guide B3: The Royal Navy: Sources for enquiries"].
*[https://memorials.rmg.co.uk Maritime Memorials] in respect of ships’ crews’ deaths, both Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, from all around the world, including UK. Search for entries for India, Burma, Burmah and Myanmar, Ceylon and Sri Lanka, and other countries such as China, Singapore etc. (Entries for Karachi were classified as India)<ref> Some entries are listed in [https://web.archive.org/web/20200813063344/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/312109/ Maritime cemetery entries from National Maritime Museum website] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 5 January 2014, now archived. The correct [http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year ''Notes and Queries''] reference for the Karachi burials mentioned is either Vol 170/171 1936 or Vol 176 1939.</ref>, or search by name. An associated National Maritime Museum website.
*[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. Select Books, for details of the publications, including ''The Naval Brigades in the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58'' (1947) (available online, see below) and ''The Second China War, 1856-1860'' (1954). Some sample pages from Volume 158 (2011), [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_AmiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919–1929''] edited by Paul Halpern. Google Books. Some of the earlier publications are available online, refer below.
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1328867/John-Winton.html Obituary of John Winton [naval author<nowiki>]</nowiki>], 1931-2001, pen name of Lieutenant-Commander John Pratt. 03 May 2001 ''The Telegraph''. He wrote many books, both non fiction and fiction, relating to the Royal Navy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Winton John Winton] Wikipedia. Contains a list of his books.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220523001847/https://www.nmrn.org.uk/research/service-record-abbreviations Service Record Abbreviations]. Common abbreviations and phrases found in Royal Navy and Royal Marines Service Records from various periods. Archived page, The National Museum of the Royal Navy.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220523000415/https://www.nmrn.org.uk/shore-establishments Naval Shore Establishments] . Archived page, The National Museum of the Royal Navy. Includes India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore. Note: "This list is NOT comprehensive".
: In addition, HMS Highfligher was the Royal Naval Base at Trincomalee in Ceylon, commissioned on 1 July 1943.<ref>[http://www.lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2012 HMS Highflyer – History] lankalibrary.com.</ref>
*[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.
