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==Records==
*[httphttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides-keywords/?show=keywords&keyword-letter=r National Archives Guides: A-Z index, letter R] Select guides relating to the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Naval Division and Royal Marines. Includes**[httphttps://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 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.
:For a list of '''abbreviations''' used in service records, refer External links below.
*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.*[http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/Records_page.htm Information about access to service records of members of the of Royal Navy, Women's Royal Naval Service, and the Royal Marines] royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk.
*[[findmypast]], a pay website, includes two associated databases located in Armed forces & conflict/Service Records
:"British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1919" and "British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records Browse, 1704-1919". These include records from the National Archives series ADM 29 / 1-32, 34-131 – Admiralty: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, coastguard and related services: Officers’ and Ratings’ Service Records (Series II) 1802-1919.
::'''Update''' December 2018. The [https://www.fleetairarm.com/naval-aviation-research.aspx Archive & Research Centre] is closed, as its staff are working elsewhere. This means records cannot currently be requested. This could be the situation until perhaps the end of 2020.
*[http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/researchers/research-guides/research-guide-b-royal-navy Research guides: The Royal Navy] Royal Museums Greenwich. Includes [http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/researchers/research-guides/research-guide-b1-royal-navy-tracing-people%20 "Research guide B1: The Royal Navy: Tracing people"] and [http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/researchers/research-guides/research-guide-b3-royal-navy-sources-enquiries "Research guide B3: The Royal Navy: Sources for enquiries"].
*Books by SD and DB Jarvis, originally published 1993, and available in reprint editions. :''The Cross Of Sacrifice. Vol. 2: Officers Who Died in the Service of the Royal Navy, RNR, RNVR, RM, RNAS and RAF, 1914-1919''. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008822978 (Reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/cross-of-sacrifice-vol-2-officers-who-died-in-the-service-of-the-royal-navy-rnr-rnvr-rm-rnas-and-raf-1914-1919/ ''Cross Of Sacrifice. Vol. 2: Officers Who Died in the Service of the Royal Navy, RNR, RNVR, RM, RNAS and RAF, 1914-1919''] Naval & Military Press</ref>): ''The Cross Of Sacrifice Vol 4: Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the Royal Navy, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1914-1921. Including the Commonwealth Navies and Air Forces''. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=x1K-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 Sample pages] , Google Books. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006747946 . (Reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/cross-of-sacrifice-vol-4-non-commissioned-officers-and-men-of-the-royal-navy-royal-flying-corps-and-royal-air-force-1914-1919/ ''Cross Of Sacrifice Vol. 4: Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the Royal Navy, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1914-1919''] (as catalogued) Book cover states 1921. Naval & Military Press</ref>):''The Cross Of Sacrifice Vol. 5: The Officers, men and women of the Merchant Navy and Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914–1919''. This volume additionally contains a 14 page addendum to Volume 4 which is not available separately. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007836149 . (Reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/cross-of-sacrifice-vol-5-the-officers-men-and-women-of-the-merchant-navy-and-mercantile-fleet-auxiliary-1914-1919/ ''Cross Of Sacrifice Vol. 5: The Officers, men and women of the Merchant Navy and Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914–1919''] Naval & Military Press</ref>):The three books are available at The National Archives Library [https://tna.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2271&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=3023 catalogue entry].
===Merchant Navy===
*[[findmypast]] includes the following databases located in Education & work/Merchant navy & maritime
:[http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/researchers/research-guides/research-guide-c9-merchant-navy-first-world-war Research guide C9: The Merchant Navy] Find out about merchant ships involved in the First World War. Includes researching crew members, with links to additional guides. Royal Museums Greenwich.
*[https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/sheet/43 Tracing Seafaring Ancestors In The Merchant Navy] National Museums Liverpool, Maritime Archives & Library Information Sheet 43, dated 2015.
*See above, under Records, the book ''The Cross Of Sacrifice Vol. 5: The Officers, men and women of the Merchant Navy and Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914–1919''.
*The book '' Lloyd's War Losses : the First World War : casualties to shipping through enemy causes, 1914-1918'' is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011394103. This is a 1990 facsimile reprint of the original held at Guildhall Library, City of London, now the [[London Metropolitan Archives]].
*Listen to the [https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011685 1990 interview with Henley Charles Claxton] British seaman. Includes service aboard HMS Vindictive on China Station, 1925-1928 Reels 7-9. Catalogue number 11945. In most of the reels there is a delay before the sound commences, of up to approximately one minute. Imperial War Museums.
*[http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk <nowiki>www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk</nowiki>]. Use the Search facility to locate items. Includes
**[http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/Records_page.htm Information about access to service records of members of the of Royal Navy, Women's Royal Naval Service, and the Royal Marines]
**[http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/HMS_Tamar.htm# H M S Tamar, R N Base Hong Kong]
**[http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/Cyril%20H%20Poole/default.htm Cyril H H Poole photographs] including Submarines of the 4th Submarine Flotilla based at Hong Kong, Singapore, and Wei Hei Wei
