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Books    
 
100 Years of Royal Navy Submarines
by Jeremy Flack © 2002
     
A Century of Submarines
by Peter Lawrence © 2001
     
A Century of British Naval Aviation 1909-2009
by David Wragg © 2009
     
A to Z of Royal Navy Ships Badges
Volume 1
by Wilkinson etc © 1987
     
A to Z of Royal Navy Ships Badges
Volume 2 
by Wilkinson etc  © 1988
     
Afridi to Nizam
British Fleet Destroyers 1937-43 
by John English © 2001
     
Aircraft Carrier Story 1908-1945, The
by Guy Robbins © 2001
     
Aircraft Carriers of the World
1914 to the present 
by Roger Chesneau © 1984
     
Aircraft Carrying Ships of the Royal Navy 
by Maurice Cocker © 2008
     
Anglo-Saxon England
Third Edition 
by Sir Frank Stenton © 1971
     
Armada 1588
The Spanish Assault on England
by John Barratt © 2005
     
B E F Ships
Before at and after Dunkirk 
by John de S Winser © 1999
     
Badges and Battle Honours of HM Ships 
by K V Burns © 1986
     
Battle at Sea
3,000 years of Naval Warfare 
by R G Grant © 2008
     
Battle Honours of the Royal Navy 
by Ben Warlow © 2004
     
Battlecruisers 
by John Roberts © 1997
     
Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy 
by David Thomas © 1998
     
Battleship
At War Series
by B R Coward © 1987
     
Battleships 
by Anthony Preston © 1981
     
Battleships & Battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
Since 1861 
by B R Cowan © 1986
     
Before the Aircraft Carriers
The Development of Aviation Vessels 
by R D Layman © 1989
     
Big Gun Monitors
Design, Construction and operations 1914-1945
by Ian Buxton © 1978 and 2008
     
British Aircraft Carrier, The
3rd Edition 
by Paul Beaver © 1987
     
British Battleships
1889-1904 
by R A Burt © 1988
     
British Battleships
of World War One 
by R A Burt © 19886
     
British Battleships
1919-1945 
by R A Burt © 1993
     
British Battleships
1860-1950 
by Dr Oska Parkes © 1990
     
British Destroyers
From Earliest Days to the Second World War 
by Norman Friedman © 2009
     
British Destroyers & Frigates
The Second World War and After 
by Norman Friedman © 2006
     
British Escort Ships 
by H T Lenton © 1974
     
British Pacific Fleet
The Royal nay's Most Powerful Strike Force
by David Hobbs © 2011
     
British Warships & Auxiliaries 1952
by Steve Bush © 2011
     
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714
Design, Construction, Careers and Fates 
by Rif Winfield © 2009
     
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792 
by Rif Winfield © 2007
     
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1792-1817 
by Rif Winfield © 2005
     
Command of the Ocean
A Naval History of Britain, Volume 2 1649-1815 
by N A M Roger © 2004
     
Conquest
The Roman Invasion of Britain 
by John Peddie © 2005
     
Cruiser
At War Series 
by Gregory Haines © 1978
     
Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies 
by Douglas Morris © 1987
     
Cruisers of World War Two
An International Encyclopedia 
by M J Whitley © 1995
     
Destroyer
At War Series 
by Gregory Haines © 1982
     
Destroyers for Britain 
by Arnold Hague © 1990
     
Destroyers of World War Two
An International Encyclopedia 
by M J Whitley © 1988
     
Empire of the Seas
How the Navy forged the Modern World 
by Brian Lavery © 2009
     
Falklands 1914
The Pursuit of Admiral Von Spee
by Richard Hough © 1969
     
Fleet Air Arm in Focus Part One, The
In Focus Series 
by Cdr D A Hobbs © 1990
     
Fleet Air Arm - In Focus
In Focus Series 
by Cdr D A Hobbs © 1990
     
Fleet Battle and Blockade
The French Revolutionary War 1793-1797 
by Robert Gardiner © 1996
     
Fleet Review, Coronation 1953
Queen Elizabeth II 
Crown © 1953
     
Fleet Review, Silver Jubilee 1935
King George V 
Crown © 1935
     
Fleet review, Silver Jubilee 1977
Queen Elizabeth II 
Crown © 1997
     
Fleet Review, Trafalgar 200
International Fleet Review 
Crown © 2005
     
Fighting Sail
by Time-Life Books © 1978
     
First Destroyers, The 
by David Lyon © 1996
     
Handbook of 19th Century Naval Warfare 
by Spencer C Tucker © 2000
     
History of the Royal Navy 
by Robert Jackson © 1999
     
History of the Royal Navy in the 20th Century 
by Anthony Preston © 1987
     
Illustrated History of the Royal Navy 
by John Winton © 2001
     
Imperial Roman Naval Forces 
31BC-AD500
by Raffaele D'Amato © 2009
     
K Boats
Steam Powered Submarines in World War 1 
by Don Everett © 1999
     
Loss of the Bismarck 
by B B Schofield © 1972
     
Men of War, The
by Time-Life Books © 1978
     
Maritime Britain 
by Richard Hill © 2005
     
Naval War of 1812, The 
by Robert Gardiner © 1998
     
Obdurate to Daring 
British Fleet Destroyers 1941-45
by John English © 2008
     
Operation Neptune
Naval Operations for the Normandy Landings 1944 
by B B Schofield © 1974
     
Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
edited by JR Hill © 1995
     
Rebuilding the Royal Navy 
Warship Design since 1945
by Brown & Moore © 2003
     
RN Cruisers - In Focus
In Focus Series 
by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow © 2003
     
Roman Britain 
by Peter Salway © 1981
     
Roman Britain and The Roman Navy
by David J P Mason © 2003
     
Roman Invasions of Britain 
by David Grange © 2005
     
Roman Invasion of Britain, The 
by Graham Webster © 1993
     
Royal Navy Escort Carriers 
by David Hobbs © 2003
     
Royal Navy Handbook, The
The Definitive MOD Guide 
Crown © 2003
     
Royal Navy - In Focus 1960-69, The
In Focus Series 
© 1992
     
Royal Navy in Focus in World War II, The
In Focus Series 
by Warlow & Goodman © 1994
     
Royal Navy in Focus in World War II Part Two, The 
In Focus Series
by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow  © 2002
     
Royal Navy Submarines
1901 to the Present 
by Maurice Cocker © 2008
     
Safeguard of the Sea
A Naval History of Britain, Volume 1 660-1649 
by N A M Roger © 1997
     
Sail & Steam Navy List, The 
All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889
by Lyon & Winfield © 2004
     
Sailing Navy List 
All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1688-1860
by David Lyon © 1993
     
Ships of the Royal Navy
Complete record 15th Century to Present 
by J J Colledge © 2003
     
Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy 
List of Static Ships and Establishments
by Lt Cdr B Warlow © 2000
     
Ship of the Line, The
Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 
by Brian Lavery © 1983
     
Ship of the Line, The
Volume 2 
by Brian Lavery © 1984
     
Sloops
1926-1946 
by Arnold Hague © 1993
     
Submarines
War beneath the Waves - 1776 to Present Day 
by Robert Hutchinson © 2001
     
Towns, The
History of 50 destroyers transferred to Britain 
by Arnold Hague © 1988
     
Treaty Cruisers
The First International Warship Building Competition
by Leo Marriot © 2005
     
Tudor Navy, The
Ships, Men and organisation 1485-1603 
by Arthur Nelson © 2001
     
Vikings
The North Atlantic Saga 
by Fitzhugh & Ward © 2000
     
World Encyclopedia of Cruisers, The 
by Bernard Ireland © 2007
     
       
 
On Line Sources    
Description Web Address
A Century of Royal Navy Submarines iwm.org/online/submarines
Admiralty Ships badges ships-badges.co.uk
Aircraft Carrier Alliance aircraftcarrieralliance.co.uk
Alisdair's Royal Navy Page gillespie.ndo.co.uk/Navy.navindex
Answers answers.com
Armed Forces - Royal navy armedforces.co.uk/navy/listings
Badge Display submariners.co.uk
Badge Navy Royal Ship royal-signals.org.uk/7/badge-navy-royal-ship
battleships-cruisers battleships-cruisers.co.uk/royal
Brazen Royal Navy brazen.demon.co.uk/rn_toc
Cyberheritage cyber-heritage.co.uk
Dunkirk Little Ships for Sale adls.org.uk/dynamo
Fleet Air Arm Museum fleetairarm.com/index2
GlobalSecurity globalsecurity.org
Grey Funnel Line hazegray.org/navhist/rn
HistoryWorld historyworld.net
HMS Coventry D118 hmscoventry.co.uk
Maritime History and Naval Heritage cronab.demon.co.uk/marit
Military History spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
National maritime Museum nmm.ac.uk
Naval History by William James pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History
Naval History, Royal Naval Ships and Officers freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
Naval History naval-history.net
Navies, Warships, World War 1,2, and Falklands naval_history.net
Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy navynews.co.uk/ships/index
Portsmouth News thenews.co.uk
RN and RM Reference Site 212.24.85.85
RN Photos navyphotos.co.uk
RN Submariners submariners.co.uk
Roman Britain Organisation roman-britain.org
Royal Naval Museum royalnavalmuseum.org
Royal Navy and Royal Marines Reference rnreference.mod.uk
Royal Navy Postwar btinternet.com~warship/welcome
Royal Navy Submarine Museum rnsubmus.co.uk/general/intro
Sea Your History seayourhistory.org.uk
Shipping Company Fleet Lists theshiplist.com
Ships at the Battle of Dunkirk doverpages.co.uk/albums/dunkirk
Ships of the Old Navy cronab.demon.co.uk
Submarine Heritage Centre submarineheritage.com
The British Library bl.uk
The National Archives nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory
The Royal Navy royal-navy.mod.uk
Triang Ships triangminicships.com/modern_edition/rn
UKDS 2002 Section1 dasa.mod.uk/naystats/stats/ukds/2002
Warships on the Web web-ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/index
Wikipedia wikipedia.org
World Ship Society worldshipsociety.org
World War Two Ships ww2ships.com
   
 
Note : Online sources are not complete - listed are only those since about 2008.
This page last edited - 22 December, 2012.

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