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==''Navy List''==
Useful for researching an Officer's career. There have been several version of the Navy List.
*1782-1814 Steel's Navy List. Full title: ''Steel's Original and Correct List of the Royal Navy''. Published monthly during times of war, quarterly at other times. Also see [[Royal Navy]] for some pay downloads from the [[The National Archives|National Archives]].
*1814 to present day: Official "Navy List"
*1841-1856 Unofficial "New Navy List" - which often gives biographical details. <ref> [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/royal-navy-officer-service.htm UK National Archives Research Guides] </ref>
:'''Note: Many of the digital files contain two separate volumes, which may not be specifically listed below'''.
The Navy Lists include the Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marine Forces. At various periods there there were the Royal Marines Artillery (RMA), and the Royal Marines Light Infantry (RMLI), later the Royal Marine Light Infantry.
*From the Google Book website
:{|cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8uYNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=navy+1782 Steel's list List 1782]||[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/265930 Steel's List November 1795] FamilySearch file|[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ijalTEqkG1wC&pg=PA1 Steel's List February 1797]|[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mfTgxGgL_c0C&pg=PA1 Steel's List February 1799]|-|
|[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0xYYAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA89&lpg=RA2-PA89&dq=steel%27s+navy+list+1814 Navy List September 1814]
|[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0xYYAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA89&lpg=RA2-PA89&dq=steel%27s+navy+list Navy List September 1816]
:*1945 January, April, July
'''Please note it is possible there may be several different volumes for a particular date''', as there are for ''Army List''s. The Contents page will generally be at the front of the first volume. There may be an Index at the back of the last volume.
==''Report on the Health of the Navy''==
Title varied. Initially titled ''Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy'', and some editions possibly may have been titled ''Statistical Report of the Health of the Navy''. Also ''A Statistical Return of the Health of the Royal Navy''. Later titles may have omitted ''Statistical''. It appears to have been published generally annually from 1830, through to c 1936 by HMSO [His/Her Majesty's Stationery Office] and also presented to the House of Commons as a Parliamentary Paper. Accordingly it should be available through the subscription website ''UK Parliamentary Papers'', see [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]] for details and suggested access. Your Library needs to have subscribed for the module covering the period required.
