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Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History - Index
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Naval History during the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards (1793-1837)
- An Extract from Studies in Naval History by J. K. Laughton - Privateer Robert Surcouf.
- Naval History of Great Britain 1793 - 1827 by William James published 1837
- Index of 4,800+ names mentioned in the 6 volumes of William James' Naval History - 1793 - 1827 - friend and foe
- Regulations & Instructions - 1808 - the forerunner of King's Regulations & Admiralty Instructions.
- The Royal Navy - 1805 - Officers; Vessels; Guard Ships; Revenue Cutters etc
- RN vessels lost during the 19th Century (1793-1900).
- The Story of Lieutenant Michael Fitton, Royal Navy
- Signal Stations during the Napoleonic Period and Afterwards - Some Miscellaneous Notes
- A few brief notes on Sea Fencibles (1798-1802 and 1803-1810)
- HMS Challenger - Alphabetical Extract from the Muster Lists Circa 1832
- Extracts from a Diary maintained by Nathan Lucas whilst a passenger on board merchant vessels in 1803 and 1811, when R.N. vessels were sighted etc.
- Extracts from the "Naval Sketch Book" Vol I dated 1835 - includes :
a Review of a new system of signalling by Rear-Admiral Raper ;
a Review of the way ship design in the RN had declined ;
some old chestnuts re "Jack's Humour and
Rhyme in the form of The Lieutenant's Lament.
- Extracts from Famous Ships of the British Navy (Work in Progress) Only the Loss of the Alceste at the present time.
- Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda etc. and extracts from the Navy Lists &c. during the 1820s.
- Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda etc. and extracts from the Navy Lists &c. during the 1830s.
- Rates of Pay FO, Officers, POs, Ratings and RM
- Reported deaths.
- Rates of Half Pay and renewal thereof etc.
- Warrant Officers - Drawing Pay
- Candidates for Promotion to Gunner
- The Calculation of Pay for Men Remaining on Station when their Ship Heads back to the UK
- Pay : Engineers and Stokers : circa July 1834
- Prize Money etc. for first 3 quarters of 1835
- Rules for Appointment of Commanders to Ships of the Line
- Regulations for the Entry and Rating of Young Gentlemen and Captain’s Clerks
- Complement of Mates, Midshipmen, and College Midshipmen borne on the books of HM ships - 1833.
- Rules for the admission of Seamen into the Coast Guard Service; Pay and Allowances etc.
- Greenwich Out Pensions - 1831
- Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and Gratuity - Introduction 1831
- Rules for Granting Pensions to the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the RN.
- Allowance of Shot and Powder for each Gun
- Allowance of Powder for Exercise
- Firing Salutes by Small Vessels Armed with less than 10 Guns
- Accounting for Charts, Books and Papers Issued from the Hydrographical Department (1832)
- Issue of Salt Meat Renewed
- Rowing Money, Sleeping Money, and Allowance of Provisions to Shipwrights
- Repair of Defects to HM ships
- Addressing Correspondence for the Commissioners of the Navy and Victualling
- Allowance for Schoolmasters
- Payment of the Schoolmasters' Allowance Received from Young Gentlemen.
- Marine Servants to Officers
- The Muster of Crews of HM Ships by Commander-in-Chief, or Senior Officer
- Change of Muster Books etc. Muster and Victualling books to be transmitted Quarterly to the Admiralty.
- Uniform - 1830s - Amendments
- Tanks belonging to HM ships
- Able Seaman to Assist the Captain's Clerk
- Land Grants no longer available to Military or Naval Officers in North America.
- Painting_Guns, &c. 1834
- Pursers Pay 1834
- Measuring Ships for Tonnage
Victorian Period
- Consolidated extracts from the Navy Lists for Dec 1843, Jun 1844, Dec 1848, Jun 1870 and Jun 1879 - with details of officers appointments
- Miscellaneous Notes
- 1844-1855 - Life at Sea per the Newspapers
- Navy List Dec 1843 ; RN & RM Pay ; Prizes & Obits. ; Rules for Engineers & Naval Instructors.
- Navy List Mar 1844 - Sep 1844 - Dec 1848 - Mar 1849 - Sep 1849 Prizes & Obituaries.
- Navy List Jun 1844 Full & Half Pay &c. & Admiralty Circulars & Memoranda on various subjects.
- Officers - Qualifications - Circa Mid 1840s
- Navy List Jun 1849 Engineer Officers - Ranks & Exams ; Paying-Off Regs. Prizes & Obituaries.
- Circa 1840s - Prizes - A Sample of Vessels to whom prize money was paid.
- 1843-1879 Obituary Index - A sample of reports of deaths that appear in the Navy Lists
- 1843 - 1879 Pay and Allowances
- 1 Jan 1850, Examination of Masters, and Second Masters.
- 1845-1854 - Paymaster Frederic Lucas RN
- 19th Century - Engineering and the Engineering Branch. Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda.
- Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda etc. and extracts from the Navy Lists &c. during the 1850s.
- 1856 - The Grand Review of the Fleet At Spithead - Celebrating end of Crimea War
- 1855 Casualties incurred in actions against pirates and during the 2nd China War 1856-1859.
- United Services Institute Journal
- Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda etc. and extracts from the Navy Lists &c. during the 1860s.
- 1860 - Regulations for Paying the Navy.
- 1860 - Monthly Advances to Officers and Crews of HM Ships &c.
- 1860 - Entry, Examination, &c., of Assistant Clerks and Clerks, and Assistant Paymasters in the Royal Navy.
- 1864 and 1865-66 - Health of the Royal Navy - Parliamentary Reports.
- Navy List 1870 - Pay and Allowances, Writer Branch, Navigating Officers etc
- Navy List 1879 - Officers & RM Pay, Ratings Pay & Pensions - GH Pensions & School
- Navy List 1885 - Ratings Pay, Boys, Apprentices, Artificers entry, RHS & RNLI etc. Awards, LS&GC Medal
- Extracts from Tom Richards’ Log.
- Boys Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery - Preface dated April 1871
- Selected extracts from Famous Ships of the British Navy Some notes and diagrams for the early Iron Clads etc. such as Warrior and Black Princet &c
- The Flying Squadron - A World Cruise - 1869 – 1870
- The Flying Squadron's World Cruise - A Midshipman's Diary
- Australian Newspaper Reports of the Flying Squadron's World Visit
- The Flying Squadron - A World Cruise - As seen through the eyes of an officer serving on HMS Liverpool in his letters home - for UK - NZ see the Naval Review for Feb 1925 : http://www.naval-review.org/issues/1925-1.pdf and May 1925 http://www.naval-review.org/issues/1925-2.pdf [cut and paste the URL.]
- Autobiographies - Memoirs
- Fifty Years in the Royal Navy by Admiral Sir Percy Scott, Bt. - who, relative to most senior officers of the period, pulls few punches regarding the negligence of the Admiralty during the latter part of the 19th and into the early part of the 20th Century with respect to what the layman might consider their prime responsibility - efficient Gunnery.
- Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor - Vice-admiral Sir William Kennedy, K.C.B. - 1851-1895 : includes experiences from the Crimean and 2nd China Wars, and service on the North and South America Stations, amongst others.
- Links in my life on land and sea by J.W. Gambier.
- From Sail to Steam - Naval Recollections, - Admiral C. C. Penrose Fitzgerald - 1878-1905 : includes service in the Mediterranean, North America and Far East Stations, along with the cruise undertaken by the young princes to Australia.
- Commander R.N. by Commander G. B. Hartford, D.S.O., R.N. (Ret.) - 1898-1922.
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