Naval history
Extensive website with historic details and illustrations of ships, establishments and other elements of the Royal Navy and other navies around the world.
Description of life in 'Nelson's navy' during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with sections headed Life, Death and Health; Pay and Prize Money; Ships and Tactics; Frigate Engagement; Battle of Trafalgar; Eyewitness at Trafalgar; Guns and Small Arms; the Press Gang; Crime and Punishment; Patronage and Promotion; Battle of the Nile and Victories and Casualties.
Huge number of historical photographs, mostly of Plymouth, and very many with a naval connection.
Includes news, information and an interactive tour of the Museum of Naval Firepower in Gosport.
Website of the Historical Maritime Society with details of its mission to promote and inform about life in the navy at the time of Nelson.
Comprehensive information about Nelson’s flagship including many illustrations and photographs, and an exploration of the upper and lower decks.
Historical and other information about HMS Warrior, launched in 1860 and now a visitor attraction in Portsmouth.
Indexed list of 200+ links to maritime museums in Britain and Ireland, lists of historic vessels and links to many other websites of historical interest.
Information about the Mary Rose project, and sections headed the Ship, History and Life on Board.
News and information about the museum in Greenwich, including collections, exhibitions and research, and pictorial tour of the galleries.
News and information about the museum in Falmouth, collections, research and learning programme, with virtual maps and tours of the exhibitions.
Includes chapters headed World War I, World War II and the Falklands War, focussing particularly on the Royal Navy, with details of campaigns, fleets and ships lost. Contains text and images.
Complete text and full indices of names of men and ships mentioned in William James’ Naval History of Great Britain, including accounts of Nelson’s famous victories and other battles, published in 1837 in six volumes.
Index of naval saying and expressions still in use, with their original and present-day meanings.
Extensive website describing and illustrating the technological transition of fighting vessels from wooden hulls to dreadnaughts, covering 1837 to 1914.
Many photographs of Royal Navy warships, dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
Extensive historical information, 'voyages, ports, history, people, origins and much more', about Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London and Southampton.
Information about the museum in Portsmouth including collections, research and learning programme.
News and information about the museum and its collections of submarines, artefacts and photographs, virtual tours, and the story of the submarine in British Service and other information.
Music, lyrics and information about many shanties and other songs with a nautical theme.
Submarine-related information, including links to historical websites and to branches of the association.
Includes a timeline of submarine development in Britain, and information about the Heritage Centre in Barrow-in-Furness.
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