Pre-Napoleonic Wars

• Part List of Marine Officers dated 1787
• Medical Reforms during the American War of Independence and afterwards.
• The Ships, Admirals, Commanders, Lieutenants and Masters from Universal Directory - 1790

Late 18th and 19th Century

• Index to some 5,000 Royal Naval vessels from about 1793 - 1900, incorporating an index to the RN vessels mentioned in William James' Naval History of GB : 1793-1809.

Naval History during the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards (1793-1837)

• Extracts from Studies in Naval History - J. K. Laughton - Privateer Robert Surcouf.
• Naval History of Great Britain 1793 - 1827 by William James published 1837
  
• Index of 4,800+ names mentioned in the 6 volumes of William James' Naval History - 1793 - 1827 - friend and foe
• The Royal Navy - 1805 - Officers; Vessels; Guard Ships; Revenue Cutters etc
• RN vessels lost during the 19th Century (1793-1900).
• The Story of Lieutenant Michael Fitton, Royal Navy
• HMS Challenger - Alphabetical Extract from the Muster Lists Circa 1832
• Extracts from a Diary maintained by Nathan Lucas whilst a passenger on board merchant vessels in 1803 and 1811, when RN vessels were sighted etc.
• Extracts from the "Naval Sketch Book" Vol I dated 1835 - includes : a Review of a new system of signalling by Rear-Admiral Raper ; a Review of the way ship design in the RN had declined ; some old chestnuts re "Jack's Humour and Rhyme in the form of The Lieutenant's Lament.
• Extracts from Famous Ships of the British Navy (Work in Progress) Only the Loss of the Alceste at the present time.

Victorian Period

• Consolidated extracts from the Navy Lists for Dec 1843, Jun 1844, Dec 1848, Jun 1870 and Jun 1879 - with details of officers appointments
• Miscellaneous Notes
• 1844-1855 - Life at Sea per the Newspapers
• Navy List Dec 1843 ; RN & RM Pay ; Prizes & Obits. ; Rules for Engineers & Naval Instructors.
• Navy List Mar 1844 - Sep 1844 - Dec 1848 - Mar 1849 - Sep 1849 Prizes & Obituaries.
• Navy List Jun 1844 Full & Half Pay &c. & Admiralty Circulars & Memoranda on various subjects.
• Officers - Qualifications - Circa Mid 1840s
• Navy List Jun 1849 Engineer Officers - Ranks & Exams ; Paying-Off Regs. Prizes & Obituaries.
• Circa 1840s - Prizes - A Sample of Vessels to whom prize money was paid.
• 1843-1879 Obituary Index - A sample of reports of deaths that appear in the Navy Lists
• 1843 - 1879 Pay and Allowances
• 19th Century - Engineering and the Engineering Branch. Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda.
• 1853 - 1860 : Conditions of Service and Pay ; Administration etc.
• 1856 : Coastguard - introduction of new organisation and rules and regs for entry & pay etc.
• 1856 - The Grand Review of the Fleet At Spithead - Celebrating end of Crimea War
• 1855 Casualties incurred in actions against pirates and during the 2nd China War 1856-1859.
• United Services Institute Journal
• 1858 - On Floating Batteries, A Lecture given by By Capt. Fishbourne, R.N.
• 1858 - On Lowering Boats At Sea - Mr. Clifford's system.
• 1858 - lowering, and disengaging Ships' boats - The Mr. Russell's system.
• 1864 and 1865-66 - Health of the Royal Navy - Parliamentary Reports.
• Navy List 1870 - Pay and Allowances, Writer Branch, Navigating Officers etc
• Navy List 1879 - Officers & RM Pay, Ratings Pay & Pensions - GH Pensions & School
• Navy List 1885 - Ratings Pay, Boys, Apprentices, Artificers entry, RHS & RNLI etc. Awards, LS&GC Medal
• Extracts from Tom Richards’ Log.
• Boys Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery - Preface dated April 1871
• Selected extracts from Famous Ships of the British Navy Some notes and diagrams for the early Iron Clads etc. such as Warrior and Black Princet &c
• The Flying Squadron - A World Cruise - 1869 – 1870
• The Flying Squadron's World Cruise - A Midshipman's Diary
• Australian Newspaper Reports of the Flying Squadron's World Visit
• Autobiographies - Memoirs
• Fifty Years in the Royal Navy by Admiral Sir Percy Scott, Bt. - who, relative to most senior officers of the period, pulls few punches regarding the negligence of the Admiralty during the latter part of the 19th and into the early part of the 20th Century with respect to what the layman might consider their prime responsibility - efficient Gunnery.
• Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor - Vice-admiral Sir William Kennedy, K.C.B. - 1851-1895 : includes experiences from the Crimean and 2nd China Wars, and service on the North and South America Stations, amongst others.
• Links in my life on land and sea by J.W. Gambier.
• From Sail to Steam - Naval Recollections, - Admiral C. C. Penrose Fitzgerald - 1878-1905 : includes service in the Mediterranean, North America and Far East Stations, along with the cruise undertaken by the young princes to Australia.
• Commander R.N. by Commander G. B. Hartford, D.S.O., R.N. (Ret.) - 1898-1922.

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Condition of Service : Uniform ; Pay ; Victualling ; Retention and Engagements ; Training and Specialist Qualifications,

• Victualling
• RN Victualling - 1824
• Victualling in the Royal Navy circa 1824 - 1907
• Extra Rations of Tea and Sugar in lieu of the Tot
• Victualling Instructions - 1913
• Notes on Engagements and Retention in the Service (contracts of service).
• Good Conduct Badges, Good Conduct Pay, aka Badge Pay.
• 1843 - 1957 Pay and Allowances - samples of what was being paid during this period.
• Pay Ledgers : Divisions of the Ledger : List and Numbers etc.
• 1914 - The introduction of [an early form of] Separation Allowance, the forerunner of Marriage Allowance - 1914-1970.
• Royal Navy Substantive Rates for Seaman
• Training and Recruitment - Cadets and Boys
• The Development of the Torpedo Branch - includes examples of uniform and badges.
• 1877 RN Uniform Regulations
• 1879 RN Uniform Regulations Ratings - Officers
• 1885 RN Uniform Regulations - Officers
• 1890 RN Uniform Regulations
• 1896 - Notes on Officers' Dress
• 1897 RN Uniform Regulations
• Pictorial and Photographic Examples of Naval Uniform and Men under training.
• 1937 - Ratings Branch or Distinguishing Badges.
• Selborne and Cawdor Memoranda - A Brief Look at the Effects of Sir John Fisher’s Reforms on the Engineering Branch by Dave Perkins
• Notes on Uniform, Kit Upkeep Allowance, WWI Sea Service Chevrons etc.

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1880 - The Boer War and Boxer Rebellion Era
• Extracts from the Illustrated London News - Dec 1899 - April 1900
• Extracts from Newspapers relevant to the Boxer Rebellion

World War One Era

• Jane's Fighting Ships 1919 ©
• Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions - 1913
• Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions - 1913 - Part II - Appendices - Pay & Advancement - SQs etc. (Work in Progress)
• The Falklands Islands Engagement - 1915
• The Making of a Concrete Ship - 1918
• The Royal Fleet Reserve and How to Join It.
• The Evolution of the Naval Bridge before and during the Dreadnought years
• 1907-1949 - An ever Changing Navy as reflected in the London Gazette - plus The Distribution of Prize Money
• Diary of Midshipman N. K. Calder, R.A.N., - 1917 and 1918 - including time at Scapa Flow
• Photographs of Admiral Beatty, reports and anecdotes leading up to the end of the war.

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The Inter-war years:

• Seamanship Manual Part II (1932) - Extracts - Organisation & OOD Duties

Some Short Stories and Poems with a flavour of the RN circa 1898-1916

• A Gun Room Ditty Box - preface by R-Admiral Lord C. Beresford
• Naval Occasions! - short stories pre-WWI
• A Tall Ship - more short stories pre-WWI and during the early part of the war

Crossing the Line and Commissioning Ceremonies etc

• Crossing the Line Ceremony - HMS NEW ZEALAND - 1919 Includes Crew List

Extracts from

• Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions 1953 - Discipline III
• Appendix to the Navy List - Pay and Allowances 1956

Shipwrecks and Accidents in the Portland, Dorset area

• HMS/M SIDON - Memorial
• The Loss of the Transports: CATHERINE, VENUS, PIEDMONT, &c.
• EARL OF ABERGAVENNY - 1805 - HEIC vessel sank within 2 miles of Weymouth, Dorset
• Near Loss of the SERINGAPATAM at Portland Bill, Dorset, 17 May 1851
• Wreck of the HEROINE at Lyme Regis - 1852
• AVALANCHE and FORREST - in collision in the English Channel - 1877
• HMS FOYLEBANK, Portland, Dorset - 1940

Shipwrecks and Accidents from around the World

• Details of about 100 Merchant Service Shipwrecks and Collisions
• Details concerning Shipwrecks and Accidents for RN vessels
• The Wrecking of HMS FLAMER - 1851 (also present were HMS Cyclops and HMS Hound)
• Wreck of the Spirit of the Ocean - 1866
• The Loss of the Kapunda also involving the British Barque Ada Melmore and the French Barque Ulysse - 1887
• The Loss of HMS Shark at Jutland and award of a VC to her Commanding Officer
• Attempt to Salve the "Tripolitania" off the Loe (Looe) sand bar in Cornwall - 1913

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Royal Navy - Miscellaneous including some extracts from 19th century newspapers

• Set of Indentures for an Apprentice at Sheerness Dockyard - 13 Jun 1894 - 3 pages (Images)
• Certificate of Competency as an Engineer ; Certificate of Competency as a 1st Class Engineer
• Miscellaneous
• Vessels Built in Dorset for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars
• Maritime History of Dorset
• Dorset Coast - newspaper cuttings through the years from about 1785-1900
• Photos of RN Vessels
• Various Naval Appointments - 1882
• Appointments of Senior Naval Officers 1906-07
• Some Vessel Movements & appointments - 1851
• Some Obituaries - Late 19th Century
• Early 19th Century Graffiti - how Admiral Earl St Vincent was viewed by some
• Commissioning Ceremony - HMS ALBION - 1959

Maps with a Naval Flavour

• Sea and Rail Routes - 1900 - England
• Sea and Rail Routes - 1900 - Western Europe

Maps of UK Lighthouses c 1900
• Scotland and North of England
• Southern England and Ireland

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