Research guides

• Abbreviations in merchant seamen’s records
  Keywords: merchant navynavy
• Births, marriages and deaths at sea or abroad
  Keywords: birthscoloniesdeathsmarriagesmerchant navyshipping
• Crew lists and agreements and log books of merchant ships 1747-1860
  Keywords: crew listslog books (ships)merchant navyshipping
• Crew lists and agreements and log books of merchant ships after 1861
  Keywords: crew listslog books (ships)merchant navyshipping
• Fleet Air Arm personnel
  Keywords: fleet air armnavyroyal navysecond world war personnel
• French muster rolls from the Battle of Trafalgar 1805
  Keywords: high court of admiraltylog books (ships)shippingtrafalgar (battle of) All records viewable online
• Logs and journals of ships of exploration 1757-1904
  Keywords: admiraltylog books (ships)navyroyal navyshipping All records viewable online
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  Maritime births 1867-1960
  Keywords: birthsmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online
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  Maritime deaths 1781-1968
  Keywords: deathsmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online
• Maritime history records held by other archives
  Keywords: merchant navynavyroyal navyshipping
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  Maritime marriages 1854-1972
  Keywords: marriagesmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online
• Merchant seamen of the First World War
  Keywords: apprenticeshipcrew listsfirst world warmerchant navyworld war one
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  Merchant seamen registers 1835-1857
  Keywords: merchant navy All records viewable online
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  Merchant seamen registers 1918-1941
  Keywords: merchant navy All records viewable online
• Merchant seamen serving since 1918
  Keywords: crew listsmerchant navysecond world warsecond world war personnelworld war two
• Merchant seamen serving up to 1913
  Keywords: apprenticeshipcrew listsmerchant navy
• Merchant seamen’s campaign medal records 1914-1918
  Keywords: awardsbritish war medalcampaign medalsfirst world warhonoursmedalsmercantile marine medalmerchant navysilver war badge All records viewable online
• Merchant seamen’s campaign medal records 1939-1945
  Keywords: campaign medalsmedalsmerchant navynavysecond world warsecond world war personnelworld war two All records viewable online
• Merchant seamen’s medals and honours
  Keywords: awardscampaign medalsgallantry medalshonoursmedalsmerchant navy
• Merchant shipping movement cards 1939-1945
  Keywords: merchant navysecond world warshippingworld war two All records viewable online
• Merchant ships
  Keywords: merchant navyshipping
• Merchant trade records: port books 1565-1799
  Keywords: customs (tax)port bookstaxation
• Officers in the Merchant Navy
  Keywords: crew listsmerchant navyofficers merchant navy
• Registration of merchant ships
  Keywords: merchant navynavyshipping
• 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 Marines’ service records 1842-1925
  Keywords: first world warroyal marinesworld war one All records viewable online
• Royal Naval Air Service officers
  Keywords: first world warofficers (air forces)royal naval air serviceworld war one All records viewable online
• 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 Division service records 1914-1919
  Keywords: first world warroyal naval divisionroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online
• Royal Naval dockyard staff
  Keywords: dockyardnavyroyal navy
• Royal Naval Reserve personnel
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval reservesecond world war personnelworld war one
• Royal Naval Reserve service records 1860-1955
  Keywords: first world warroyal naval reserveroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online
• Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval volunteer reserveworld war one
• Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve service records 1903-1922
  Keywords: first world warroyal naval volunteer reserveroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online
• Royal Navy commissioned and warrant officers: further research
  Keywords: courts martialnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navy
• Royal Navy commissioned officers
  Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navywarrant officersworld war one
• Royal Navy nurses and medical officers
  Keywords: navynursesroyal navysecond world war personnelwomen's military service
• Royal Navy officers’ pensions
  Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)pensionsroyal navy
• Royal Navy officers’ service record cards and files c.1840-c.1920
  Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navyworld war one All records viewable online
• Royal Navy officers’ service records 1756-1931
  Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)pensionsroyal navywarrant officersworld war one All records viewable online
• 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 war
• Royal Navy ratings enlisted after 1918
  Keywords: campaign medalsmedalsnavyroyal navysecond world warworld 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 ratings’ service records 1853-1928
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online
• Royal Navy ratings: further research
  Keywords: navyroyal navysecond world war personnel
• Royal Navy ships’ voyages in log books
  Keywords: admiraltylog books (ships)navyroyal navyshipping
• Royal Navy unpaid pensions 1830-1860: claims by next of kin
  Keywords: pensionsroyal navy All records viewable online
• Royal Navy warrant officers
  Keywords: navyofficers (royal navy)royal navywarrant officers
• Sea charts
  Keywords: admiraltycharts (maps)maps
• Ships wrecked or sunk
  Keywords: merchant navyroyal navyshipping
• Wills of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel 1786-1882
  Keywords: officers (royal navy)probateroyal navywarrant officerswills All records viewable online
• Women’s Royal Naval Service personnel
  Keywords: first world warroyal navywomen's military service All records viewable online