Royal Navy and Merchant Navy Ships have played a huge part in defining British history. Many websites have details on both the ships and their officers and crew, often including many photographs of the vessels.
| Classification: | Ships |
| Title: | 1820 Settler Correspondence - Cape of Good Hope |
| Link: | https://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/ |
| Description: | Letters from the Settlers of the Cape of Good Hope |
| Extra Info: | This correspondence concerns the immigration scheme for the Cape of Good Hope following the Napoleonic Wars. HMS Weymouth was used to transport the settlers. A log of the journey is also transcribed. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Information, Other |
| Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
| Link: | https://www.britishpathe.com |
| Description: | British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 |
| Extra Info: | All sorts of social and military history on film. |
| Classification: | Army, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Other |
| Title: | Families in British India Society |
| Link: | https://www.fibis.org |
| Description: | Families in British India Society |
| Extra Info: | FIbiWiki Includes East India Company's armies and their arrival from Britain, including the ships they travelled on, medal rolls, muster lists.medal rolls for the Indian Mutiny and more. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, Army, Marines, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722210453/http://... |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The indexes still seems to be available. British subjects in Malta, including details of the military cemeteries and the army chapel school. Also an index of men of the British Fleet in Malta in 1881. |
| Classification: | Army, Ships |
| Title: | Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters |
| Link: | http://marinersandships.com.au/ |
| Description: | Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters |
| Extra Info: | Includes some members of the UK armed forces travelling on passenger ships, type HMS to search and it brings up the ship they were assigned to. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships, Information |
| Title: | Maritime Quest |
| Link: | http://www.maritimequest.com/ |
| Description: | Maritime Quest |
| Extra Info: | A quest for the photographic history of the world's ships. Also includes many war memorials including the British cemetery in Buenos Aries. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Aircraft, Ships, Newspapers |
| Title: | Newspapers Online via Google |
| Link: | https://news.google.com/newspapers |
| Description: | Newspapers Online via Google |
| Extra Info: | Many newspapers are being put online. Currently there are only a handful from the UK and Ireland, but this is growing. Many newspapers from USA and Canada that mention British ships and British events. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information, Other |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e books only. Can also search within book text easily. Includes many books about all aspects of British Military History. Includes lots of accounts of voyagers of exploration by naval ships. |
| Classification: | Navy, Army, World War I, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Newspapers |
| Title: | Papers Past |
| Link: | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/ |
| Description: | Papers Past 1839-1932 |
| Extra Info: | Extracts from New Zealand newspapers. |
| Classification: | Navy, Army, Ships |
| Title: | Royal Navy Ships and their Location in the 1901 Census |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20150313142134/http://... |
| Description: | Royal Navy Ships and their Location in the 1901 Census |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information seems available. Includes details of Royal Navy ships and where they were at the time of the 1901 census with name of the captain or CO. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
| Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Link: | https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk |
| Description: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Extra Info: | Over 50,000 images including many images of war, poster campaigns, letters from the wars and more. |
| Classification: | Army, Ships |
| Title: | South African Genealogy |
| Link: | http://sagenealogy.co.za/ |
| Description: | South African Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Includes details of the sinking of the convict ship Waterloo at Table Bay in 1842 and lists the members of the 99th Regiment of Foot who were aboard. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships, Other Transport |
| Title: | The Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
| Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
| Extra Info: | As well as the main rolls of honour the site includes an overview of the Somme, information about tanks and submarines in WWI and much more. |
| Classification: | Navy, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships |
| Title: | Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail |
| Link: | https://threedecks.org/index.php |
| Description: | This site aims to be the premier web resource for researching naval history during the Age of Sail. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Newspapers |
| Title: | TROVE - Historic Australian Newspapers, Photographs and More |
| Link: | https://trove.nla.gov.au/ |
| Description: | TROVE - Historic Australian Newspapers, Photographs and More |
| Extra Info: | Fully searchable, many articles and notes about naval ships. |
| Classification: | Prisoners of War, Ships, Other |
| Title: | War of 1812 - Privateers and Letters of Marque |
| Link: | https://www.1812privateers.org/ |
| Description: | War of 1812 - Privateers and Letters of Marque |
| Extra Info: | Also has British prisoners held by the United States due to the war of 1812. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Uniforms / Badges, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers, Maps, Information, Other |
| Title: | Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia |
| Link: | http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
| Description: | Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia |
| Extra Info: | Comprehensive general reference for most military topics. Use its search box to find your areas of interest. |
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