Online Information Bank

Here you will find a series of information sheets in PDF format for download. You can also access a number of Reading Lists for further information.

These sheets are currently being updated and therefore some may be unavailable.

A full set of factsheets are available in the library. Please use the Contact Us page to request a factsheet to be sent to you.

Subject Index

People

Ships and Vessels

General Naval History

Naval Social History and Customs

Naval battles and operations

Our collections

Maritime History

General reference resources

People

• George Anson

• Harold Auten VC

• David Beatty

• John Benbow

• William Bligh

• John Byng

• John Bythesea VC

• Thomas Cochrane

• James Cook

• Cuthbert Collingwood

• John Cornwell VC

• Andrew Cunningham

• Adam Duncan

• Eugene Esmonde VC

• Edward Fegen VC

• John Fisher

• John Franklin

• Richard Grenville

• Thomas M Hardy

• John Harrison

• Samuel Hood

• James Inman

• Henry Jackson

• John Jellicoe

• John Jervis

• Loftus Jones VC

• Augustus Keppel

• Roger Keyes

• Michael le Fanu

• Louis Mountbatten

• Charles Napier

• Horatio Nelson

• Lawrence Oates

• Richard Onslow

• Hugh Palliser

• John Pasco

• Samuel Pepys

• Henry Raby VC

• George Rodney

• Robert F Scott

• Ernest Shackleton

• Cloudisley Shovell

• James Sommerville

• Arthur Tisdall VC

• John Tovey

• Thomas Ussher

• Philip Vian

• Edward Vernon

• Agnes Weston

• W J Whitworth

• Arthur Wilson VC

• W L Wyllie

Ships and vessels

• Bismarck

• HMS Bounty

• Chesapeake

• Coastal forces in WW2

• HMS Foudroyant

• Habbakkuk

• HMS Hampshire

• HMS Hood

• Hospital Ships

• Mary Rose

• HMS Pickle

• HMS Royal George

• State barge of Charles II

• Steam Pinnace 199

• Tirpitz

• HMS Warrior (1860)

• HMS Victory

General naval history

• Brief history of the Royal Navy

• Dockyard battalions

• Impressment

• Naval brigades

• Naval gunnery

• Naval rankings

• Naval regulations

• “Paintwork vs. Gunnery” controversy

• Punishment

• Royal Naval Division

• Royal Reviews of the Fleet

• Signals at sea

• Solent Forts

• Spanish Armada

• Squadronal colours

• Women’s Royal Naval Service

• WW1 RNVR prefixes

Naval social history and customs

• Bone models of men of war

• Field Gun Run

• Figureheads

• Gun Salutes

• Impressment

• Loyal toast

• Nicknames of Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonport

• Rum in the Navy

• Sailor’s hornpipe

• Ship biscuits

• Trafalgar Night Dinners

• Tribal Trophy

• Warship weeks

Naval battles and operations

• Antarctic expeditions

• Attack on the Tirpitz

• Coastal forces of WW2

• D-Day (Normandy landings)

• Flamborough Head

• Jutland (VC winners)

• Operation Pedestal

• Operation Corporate

• Quiberon Bay

• Sinking of the Bismarck

• Spanish Armada

• War of 1812

Our collections

• Bone models of men of war

• Enigma machine

• Figureheads

• Genealogical sources

• Historical sources

• Naval regulations

• Nelson masks

• Non naval library sources

• Women’s Royal Naval Service

Maritime history

• Piracy

• Slavery

General reference resources

• Flag makers

• Genealogical sources

• Lord Nelson’s prayer

• Medal dealers

• Model ship suppliers

• Naval and maritime sources

• Naval booksellers

• Naval crest suppliers

• Naval officers information sources

• Naval rankings

• Naval regulations

• Non naval library sources

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Subject Index

People

Ships and vessels

General naval history

Naval social history and customs

Naval battles and operations

Our collections

Maritime history

General reference resources