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* Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley (2008). ''The War for All the Oceans:From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo''
Penguin Books, 560 pages,
Book (par view)
* Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, (1926), Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652–1862, Volume 29,
Harvard University Press, 485 pages
Book (snippit view)
*Allen, Joseph (1853). ''Battles of the British navy, Volume 1''
Henry G. Bohn, London, 532 pages
E'book
* Archibald, Edward H. H. (1968), ''The wooden fighting ship in the Royal Navy, A.D. 897–1860'',
Blandford P., 174 pages
Book (snippit view)
*Barnes, Ian Barnes (2000). ''The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution''Psychology Press, 208 pages,
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*Colomb, Philip Howard (1905). ''The battle of Trafalgar''
W. Clowes & sons, limited, p. 18
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*Fraser, Edward (1906). ''The enemy at Trafalgar: an account of the battle from eye-witnesses' narratives and letters and despatches from the French and Spanish fleets''
E.P.Dutton & Co., New York, p. 436
E'book
** ** ** * Goodwin, Peter G. (1987). ''The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War: 1650–1850'',
Naval Institute Press, p. 276,
Book (par view)
* Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. (2007) ''The Royal Navy 1793–1815'' (Battle Orders)
Osprey Publishing, p. 96,
excerpt and text search
* Harrison, Cy (2019) ''Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War: A Biographical Dictionary of Commissioned Officers 1748-1763''
Helion and Company, p. 58
Publishers Website
* Hill, J.R. (2002). ''The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy''
Oxford University Press, p. 496
* James, William Milbourne (1926). ''The British Navy in Adversity: A Study of the War of American Independence'', :Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd, London, p. 459
Url
* —— (1948). ''The influence of sea power on the history of the British people''
University Press, p. 71
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* James, William ''The naval history of Great Britain''. There are two major edition the first was a five volume (London Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1822–1824). Listed here is the "new edition" in six volume with preface first published in London, April 1859 are available online for viewing at the
Basic Books, New York, p. 874
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* Lavery, Brian (1984), ''The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850'',
Conway Maritime Press, p. 224,
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* —— (1987). ''Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600–1815'',
Naval Institute Press, p. 319,
Url
* —— (1991). ''Building the Wooden Walls: The Design and Construction of the 74-Gun Ship Valiant'',
Naval Institute Press, p. 206,
Url
*Lincoln, Margarette Lincoln (2002). ''Representing the Royal Navy: British Sea Power, 1750–1815''
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, p. 226,
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* Protheroe, Ernest (2010). ''The British Navy: Its Making and Its Meaning''
BiblioBazaar, p. 736,
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Navy Records Society * —— (1920). ''The Navy in the War of 1739-48''
Cambridge University Press
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* —— (1931). ''The Navy in
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* —— (1989). ''The wooden world: an anatomy of the Georgian navy''
William Collins Sons & Co., London. p. 445
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* Stevens, William Oliver; Westcott, Allan Ferguson (1920), ''A History of Sea Power'',
George H. Doran Company, p. 428
E'Book
*Stout, Neil R. (1962). ''The Royal Navy in American Waters, 1760–1775, Volume 2''
University of Wisconsin—Madison, p. 888
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*—— (1973). ''The Royal Navy in America, 1760–1775: A Study of Enforcement of British Colonial Policy in the Era of the American Revolution''
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. p. 227
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* Stenzel, Alfred (1898) ''The British Navy''
T. Fisher Unwin, London, p. 327
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* Vincent, Edgar (2003). ''Nelson: Love & Fame'' (Biography & Autobiography)
Yale University Press, p. 640,
Url
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* Winfield, Rif (2010): **(i) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 – 1714: Design Construction, Careers and Fates'', p. 314,
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**(ii) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates'' (2007) . **(iii) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates'' (2005. Second edition in 2008) . **(iv) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. (2014) . * * Yonge, Charles Duke (1863). ''The history of the British Navy: from the earliest period to the present time:in two volumes, Volume 2''
Richard Bentley, 1863, p. 809
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Aurum Press, London; p. 560,
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*Bennett, Geoffrey Martin (1972). ''Nelson, the commander''
Scribner, p. 322
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* Bradford, Ernle (2012), ''Nelson: The Essential Hero'',
E-reads/E-rights, p. 436,
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* Davies, David Tudor (1996). ''Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815''
Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201,
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* Goodwin, Peter (2002). ''Nelson's Ships: A History Of The Vessels In Which He Served: 1771 – 1805''
Conway Maritime Press, London; p. 312,
Url
* Howarth, David ; Howarth, Stephen; (2004). ''Nelson: The Immortal Memory'', p. 408,
Url
*Knight, Roger (2007). ''The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson''
Basic Books, p. 936,
Url
* Lavery, Brian (1989), ''Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793–1815'',
Naval Institute Press, p. 352,
Url
* Lee, Christopher (2005). ''Nelson and Napoleon, The Long Haul to Trafalgar''
Headline books, 560 pages,
Url
* Laughton, M.A., John Knox, (1886), (P) ''Letters and despatches of Horatio, viscount Nelson: duke of Bronte, vice admiral of the White squadron '',
Longmans, Green, 456 pages
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* Longridge, Charles Nepean; Bowness. Edward, (1981), ''The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships'',
Naval Institute Press, 283 pages,
Url
* Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1918). ''The life of Nelson: the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain''
Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 525 pages,
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* ——; Harris, Sir Nicholas, (P) (1846). ''The Dispatches And Letters, Volume 7''
Henry Colburn, London, p. 814
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* ——; Maffeo, Steven E., Ed.; (P) (2007), ''Seize, burn, or sink: the thoughts and words of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson'',
Scarecrow Press, 629 pages,
Book
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*——, Warner & Hanna, Eds. (1806). ''Memoirs of the Life of the Late Lord H. Nelson''
Fryer & Clark, Baltimore, 119 pages
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* * Southey, Robert (1896). ''Robert Southey's Life of Nelson''
Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay. p. 302
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* Walder, David (1978). ''Nelson: A Biography''
Dial Press/J. Wade, p. 538
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* Warner, Oliver, (1958). ''A portrait of Lord Nelson'',
Chatto & Windus, p. 372
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*——, (1965). ''Nelson's Battles''
B.T. Batsford Limited, p. 254
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* Clark, James Stainer; M'Arthur, John (1810) ''The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B., from his lordship's manuscripts''
T. Bensley, London, 702 pages
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* Feldbæk, Ole (2002) ''The battle of Copenhagen: Nelson and the Danes''
Naval Institute Press, p. 270,
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* Southey, Robert (1896) ''Robert Southey's Life of Nelson''
Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay, p. 302
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* Adkins, Roy (2004) ''Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle''
Little Brown, 416 pages,
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* Davies, David Tudor (1996). ''Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815''
Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201,
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* Warwick, Peter (2005) ''Voices from the Battle of Trafalgar''
David & Charles, p. 320,
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* —— (2011) ''Trafalgar''
David & Charles, p. 352,
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This Bibliography covers sources for Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fr ...
history through the 18th and 19th centuries. Some sources may be duplicated in sections when appropriate. Among the contemporary and earlier historical accounts are primary sources
In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time unde ...
, historical accounts, often derived from letters, dispatches, government and military records, captain's logs and diaries, etc., by people involved in or closely associated to the historical episode in question. Primary source material is either written by these people or often collected, compiled, and/or written and published by other editors also, sometimes many years after the historical subject has passed. Primary sources listed in this bibliography are denoted with an uppercase bold ' (P) before the book title. Publications that are in the public domain and available online for viewing in their entirety are denoted with ''E'Book''.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fr ...
* Adams, James Truslow (1940). ''EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS THE BRITISH EMPIRE'', Charles Schriber & Sons, New York, 409 pagesE'book
* Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley (2008). ''The War for All the Oceans:From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo''
Penguin Books, 560 pages,
Book (par view)
* Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, (1926), Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652–1862, Volume 29,
Harvard University Press, 485 pages
Book (snippit view)
*Allen, Joseph (1853). ''Battles of the British navy, Volume 1''
Henry G. Bohn, London, 532 pages
E'book
* Archibald, Edward H. H. (1968), ''The wooden fighting ship in the Royal Navy, A.D. 897–1860'',
Blandford P., 174 pages
Book (snippit view)
*Barnes, Ian Barnes (2000). ''The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution''Psychology Press, 208 pages,
Book (par view)
E'book
E'book
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Book (par view)
*Colomb, Philip Howard (1905). ''The battle of Trafalgar''
W. Clowes & sons, limited, p. 18
E'book
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*Fraser, Edward (1906). ''The enemy at Trafalgar: an account of the battle from eye-witnesses' narratives and letters and despatches from the French and Spanish fleets''
E.P.Dutton & Co., New York, p. 436
E'book
** ** ** * Goodwin, Peter G. (1987). ''The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War: 1650–1850'',
Naval Institute Press, p. 276,
Book (par view)
* Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. (2007) ''The Royal Navy 1793–1815'' (Battle Orders)
Osprey Publishing, p. 96,
excerpt and text search
* Harrison, Cy (2019) ''Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War: A Biographical Dictionary of Commissioned Officers 1748-1763''
Helion and Company, p. 58
Publishers Website
* Hill, J.R. (2002). ''The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy''
Oxford University Press, p. 496
* James, William Milbourne (1926). ''The British Navy in Adversity: A Study of the War of American Independence'', :Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd, London, p. 459
Url
* —— (1948). ''The influence of sea power on the history of the British people''
University Press, p. 71
Url
* James, William ''The naval history of Great Britain''. There are two major edition the first was a five volume (London Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1822–1824). Listed here is the "new edition" in six volume with preface first published in London, April 1859 are available online for viewing at the
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and as they were published in 1902 are in the public domain
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*Knight, Roger (2005) ''The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson''Basic Books, New York, p. 874
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* Lavery, Brian (1984), ''The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850'',
Conway Maritime Press, p. 224,
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* —— (1987). ''Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600–1815'',
Naval Institute Press, p. 319,
Url
* —— (1991). ''Building the Wooden Walls: The Design and Construction of the 74-Gun Ship Valiant'',
Naval Institute Press, p. 206,
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*Lincoln, Margarette Lincoln (2002). ''Representing the Royal Navy: British Sea Power, 1750–1815''
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, p. 226,
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* Protheroe, Ernest (2010). ''The British Navy: Its Making and Its Meaning''
BiblioBazaar, p. 736,
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, Herbert (1913). ''Papers Relating to the Loss of Minorca in 1756''Navy Records Society * —— (1920). ''The Navy in the War of 1739-48''
Cambridge University Press
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* —— (1931). ''The Navy in
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* —— (1989). ''The wooden world: an anatomy of the Georgian navy''
William Collins Sons & Co., London. p. 445
Url
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* Stevens, William Oliver; Westcott, Allan Ferguson (1920), ''A History of Sea Power'',
George H. Doran Company, p. 428
E'Book
*Stout, Neil R. (1962). ''The Royal Navy in American Waters, 1760–1775, Volume 2''
University of Wisconsin—Madison, p. 888
Url
*—— (1973). ''The Royal Navy in America, 1760–1775: A Study of Enforcement of British Colonial Policy in the Era of the American Revolution''
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. p. 227
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* Stenzel, Alfred (1898) ''The British Navy''
T. Fisher Unwin, London, p. 327
E'Book
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* Vincent, Edgar (2003). ''Nelson: Love & Fame'' (Biography & Autobiography)
Yale University Press, p. 640,
Url
E'Book
* Winfield, Rif (2010): **(i) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 – 1714: Design Construction, Careers and Fates'', p. 314,
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**(ii) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates'' (2007) . **(iii) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates'' (2005. Second edition in 2008) . **(iv) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. (2014) . * * Yonge, Charles Duke (1863). ''The history of the British Navy: from the earliest period to the present time:in two volumes, Volume 2''
Richard Bentley, 1863, p. 809
E'Book
Admiral Nelson
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought abo ...
* Adkin, Mark (2007). ''The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson''Aurum Press, London; p. 560,
Url
*Bennett, Geoffrey Martin (1972). ''Nelson, the commander''
Scribner, p. 322
Url
* Bradford, Ernle (2012), ''Nelson: The Essential Hero'',
E-reads/E-rights, p. 436,
Url
* Davies, David Tudor (1996). ''Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815''
Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201,
Url
* Goodwin, Peter (2002). ''Nelson's Ships: A History Of The Vessels In Which He Served: 1771 – 1805''
Conway Maritime Press, London; p. 312,
Url
* Howarth, David ; Howarth, Stephen; (2004). ''Nelson: The Immortal Memory'', p. 408,
Url
*Knight, Roger (2007). ''The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson''
Basic Books, p. 936,
Url
* Lavery, Brian (1989), ''Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793–1815'',
Naval Institute Press, p. 352,
Url
* Lee, Christopher (2005). ''Nelson and Napoleon, The Long Haul to Trafalgar''
Headline books, 560 pages,
Url
* Laughton, M.A., John Knox, (1886), (P) ''Letters and despatches of Horatio, viscount Nelson: duke of Bronte, vice admiral of the White squadron '',
Longmans, Green, 456 pages
E'Book
* Longridge, Charles Nepean; Bowness. Edward, (1981), ''The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships'',
Naval Institute Press, 283 pages,
Url
* Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1918). ''The life of Nelson: the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain''
Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 525 pages,
E'book
E'Book
* ——; Harris, Sir Nicholas, (P) (1846). ''The Dispatches And Letters, Volume 7''
Henry Colburn, London, p. 814
E'Book
E'Book
* ——; Maffeo, Steven E., Ed.; (P) (2007), ''Seize, burn, or sink: the thoughts and words of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson'',
Scarecrow Press, 629 pages,
Book
E'Book
*——, Warner & Hanna, Eds. (1806). ''Memoirs of the Life of the Late Lord H. Nelson''
Fryer & Clark, Baltimore, 119 pages
E'book
E'Book
* * Southey, Robert (1896). ''Robert Southey's Life of Nelson''
Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay. p. 302
E'Book
* Walder, David (1978). ''Nelson: A Biography''
Dial Press/J. Wade, p. 538
Book
* Warner, Oliver, (1958). ''A portrait of Lord Nelson'',
Chatto & Windus, p. 372
Book
*——, (1965). ''Nelson's Battles''
B.T. Batsford Limited, p. 254
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T. Bensley, London, 702 pages
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* Feldbæk, Ole (2002) ''The battle of Copenhagen: Nelson and the Danes''
Naval Institute Press, p. 270,
Book
* Southey, Robert (1896) ''Robert Southey's Life of Nelson''
Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay, p. 302
E'book
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1 ...
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* Adkins, Roy (2004) ''Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle''
Little Brown, 416 pages,
Book
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* Davies, David Tudor (1996). ''Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815''
Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201,
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* Warwick, Peter (2005) ''Voices from the Battle of Trafalgar''
David & Charles, p. 320,
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* —— (2011) ''Trafalgar''
David & Charles, p. 352,
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See also
*List of naval battles
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*List of Royal Navy ships
There are two lists of Royal Navy ships:
* List of active Royal Navy ships lists all currently commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy.
* List of ship names of the Royal Navy lists all names that Royal Navy ships ever bore.
See also
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*List of ship names of the Royal Navy
This is an alphabetical list of the ''names'' of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes ficti ...
(a full historical list)
* List of early warships of the English navy
*List of ships captured in the 18th century
During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were ...
*List of ships captured in the 19th century
Throughout naval history during times of war battles, blockades, and other patrol missions would often result in the capture of enemy ships or those of a neutral country. If a ship proved to be a valuable prize efforts would sometimes be made to ...
*List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
*List of single-ship actions
A single-ship action is a naval engagement fought between two warships of opposing sides, excluding submarine engagements; called so because there is a single ship on each side. The following is a list of notable single-ship actions.
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* Glossary of nautical terms
Notes
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