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:[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.
:[https://archive.org/details/royalmarinesregisternumbers "Royal Marines Register Numbers"] from 1885 by Major Alastair Donald RM. Archive.org. Applies to "other ranks".
*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.
:For a list of '''abbreviations''' used in service records, refer External links below.
*For editions not available online, ''The Navy List'' is available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01012418229, from 1815, and also in the Library of the [[The National Archives|National Archives]], from November 1814. For the First and Second World Wars, there were two versions, with the confidential versions available in ADM 177, as Archive records, see above, rather than in the TNA Library.
:The earlier ''Steel's Original and Correct list of the Royal Navy'' is available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01001116981 (classified as a Journal) with editions to 1816, with additional catalogue entries classified as a Book). The National Archives has a catalogue entry [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13374272 18th Century Royal Navy Lists 1782, 1790-1799] [Steel's Royal Navy Lists] QLIB 3. National Archives Library. The Lists were published monthly during war and quarterly during peace, and include details of ships of the Honourable East-India Company. Previously it was stated that all years were available as a pay download, however this wording does not currently appear (2019/11).
: The British Library has published a guide: [https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/subjects%20images/government%20publications/pdfs/service-list-army-navy.pdf?la=en "Service Lists for the Army, Navy and Air Force"], including Lists of Ships, from the mid 1600s. This is a download, which you will probably need to locate in your downloads folder. [https://archive.org/details/servicelistsarmynavyairfguide Archive.org version]. The Navy List was mostly a quarterly publication, (with some gaps) but from August 1870 to March 1924 was also published monthly [but most likely not the months when there was a quarterly publication]. From 1949 it became an annual publication.
=== Mercantile (Merchant) Navy List===
*[https://archive.org/details/mercantilenavyli1894grea/page/n20 ''The Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory for 1894''] Compiled from Official and Other Sources by J Clark Hall, Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. Published for the Committee of Lloyd's. At the head of the title ''By Authority''. Archive.org
*[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://rmhistorical.com/home Royal MarinesBadge and Insignia Reference] "Reference , whose purpose “is to provide reference information and research material for those interested in the Royal Marines"Marines”. Use the Search to find articles not directly linked from the website such :*[https://rmhistorical.com/files/content/SHEET%20ANCHOR%20Contents%20Feb%202011.pdf Royal Marines Historical Society Contents List] of Royal Marines Historical Society Newsletter (Precursor of ''The Sheet Anchor'') *:*[https://rmhistorical.com/files/content/RMA%201804-1923.pdf "The Royal Marine Artillery 1804-1923"] by C Montin. An article, from an unnamed journal which appears to have been written c ''Royal Marines Historical Society Newsletter Volume 1 1968-1969''. However, it does not mention the two volume published history ''The Royal Marine Artillery, 1804-1923'' [v.1 1804-1859 v.2 1859-1923] by Edward Fraser and L. G. Carr-Laughton 1930 available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01002243960*[http://wwwterryaspinall.royal-marinescom/01%20RM/01%20RM/index.net html Royal Marines] previously www.royal-marines.net , including [http://wwwterryaspinall.royal-marines.netcom/01%20RM/01%20RM/reference.html "Bibliography of the Royal Marines"]
*[https://www.greatwarforum.org Great War Forum] includes a category "Ships and navies". [[First World War]] period.
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/63rd-royal-naval-division/ The 63rd (Royal Naval) Division]. longlongtrail.co.uk. The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.
:[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
*[https://archive.org/details/britains-sea-soldiers-royal-marines-vol-1-to-1815/page/n11/mode/2up ''Britain's Sea Soldiers: A History of the Royal Marines, Volume 1 to 1815''] by Colonel Cyril Field 1924 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/britains-sea-soldiers-royal-marines-vol-2-1815-1913/page/n13/mode/2up ''Britain's Sea Soldiers: A History of the Royal Marines, Volume 2 1815-1913''] by Colonel Cyril Field 1924 Archive.org
*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/memoriesmarine/page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of a Marine. An Amphibiography''] [1879-1913], by Major-General Sir George Aston 1919 Archive.org. Royal Marine Artillery.
:[https://archive.org/details/secretservice00geor/page/n9/mode/2up ''Secret Service''] by Major-General Sir George Aston 1930 Archive.org. Includes details of the author's WW1 service.
*[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.
