Research guides

• Abbreviations in Merchant Navy records
  Keywords: merchant navynavy
• Births, marriages and deaths at sea or abroad
  Keywords: birthscoloniesdeathsmarriagesmerchant navyshipping
• Fleet Air Arm personnel
  Keywords: fleet air armnavyroyal navysecond world war personnel
• French muster rolls from the Battle of Trafalgar 1805
  Keywords: digitised recordshigh court of admiraltyonline collectionstrafalgar (battle of) All records viewable online
• Maritime history records held by other archives
  Keywords: merchant navynavyroyal navyshipping
• Merchant Navy medals and honours
  Keywords: awardscampaign medalsgallantry medalshonoursmedalsmerchant navy
• Merchant Navy officers
  Keywords: crew listsmerchant navyofficers merchant navy
• Merchant Navy seamen in service before 1914
  Keywords: apprenticeshipcrew listsmerchant navy
• Merchant Navy seamen in service since 1918
  Keywords: crew listsmerchant navysecond world warsecond world war personnelworld war two
• Merchant Navy seamen of the First World War
  Keywords: apprenticeshipcrew listsfirst world warmerchant navyworld war one
• Merchant Navy ships wrecked or sunk
  Keywords: first world warmerchant navynavysecond world warshippingworld war oneworld war two
• Merchant Navy ships’ records: movement cards 1939-1945
  Keywords: digitised recordsmerchant navyonline collectionssecond world warshippingworld war two All records viewable online
• Merchant Navy ships’ records: registration of merchant ships
  Keywords: merchant navynavyshipping
• Merchant Navy ships’ records: crew lists, musters and log books
  Keywords: crew listslog books (ships)merchant navyshipping
• Merchant trade records: port books 1565-1799
  Keywords: customs (tax)merchant navyport bookstaxation
• Military and maritime records: an overview
  Keywords: merchant navymilitarywars
• Research and development in the Royal Navy
  Keywords: navyordnance (military supplies)royal navyshipping
• Royal Marines officers
  Keywords: first world warofficers (royal marines)royal marinesworld war one
• Royal Marines other ranks
  Keywords: first world warroyal marinesworld war one
• Royal Naval Air Service officers
  Keywords: first world warofficers (air forces)royal naval air serviceworld war one
• Royal Naval correspondence using the ADM 12 indexes and digests
  Keywords: admiraltyroyal navyshipping
• Royal Naval Division personnel
  Keywords: first world warroyal naval divisionroyal navyworld war one
• Royal Naval dockyard staff
  Keywords: dockyardnavyroyal navy
• Royal Naval Reserve personnel
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval reservesecond world war personnelworld war one
• Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval volunteer reserveworld war one
• Royal Navy commissioned and warrant officers
  Keywords: courts martialnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navy
• Royal Navy commissioned and warrant officers’ pensions
  Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)pensionsroyal navyworld war one
• Royal Navy nurses and medical officers
  Keywords: navynursesroyal navysecond world war personnelwomen's military service
• Royal Navy operations and correspondence 1660-1914
  Keywords: admiraltynavyroyal navy
• Royal Navy operations and policy after 1945
  Keywords: admiraltyfleet air armnavyroyal navy
• Royal Navy operations in the First World War
  Keywords: admiraltyfirst world warnavyroyal navyworld war one
• Royal Navy operations in the Second World War
  Keywords: admiraltynavyroyal navysecond world warworld war two
• Royal Navy ratings enlisted after 1918
  Keywords: campaign medalsmedalsnavyroyal navysecond world warsecond world war personnelworld war two
• Royal Navy ratings of the First World War
  Keywords: first world warmedalsnavyroyal navyworld war one
• Royal Navy ratings up to 1913
  Keywords: medalsnavyroyal navy
• Royal Navy ratings’ pensions 17th-20th centuries
  Keywords: first world warnavypensionsroyal navyworld war one
• Royal Navy ships of exploration logs and journals 1757-1904
  Keywords: admiraltydigitised recordslog books (ships)navyonline collectionsroyal navyshipping All records viewable online
• Royal Navy ships wrecked or sunk
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal navysecond world warshippingworld war oneworld war two
• Royal Navy ships’ log books
  Keywords: admiraltylog books (ships)navyroyal navyshipping
• Sea charts
  Keywords: admiraltycharts (maps)maps
• Wills of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel 1786-1882
  Keywords: digitised recordsonline collections All records viewable online
• Women’s Royal Naval Service personnel
  Keywords: first world warroyal navywomen's military serviceworld war one