| Mr. Paul A. Blake works at TNA in Great Britain. He gave a presentation
at the 2006 FGS Conference on the Records of the Royal Navy. Excerpts
from his presentation are below:
The Royal Navy, with it’s long tradition of service, expertise
and innovation, and its heroes such as Nelson and Collingwood, has
a reputation second to none throughout the world. But it was the
tens of thousands of ordinary men that mainly made up this fighting
force over the many centuries. Most officers stated as boys or ordinary
seamen, having ‘learned the ropes’ progressed to be
Captains or Commanders. The surviving records can be excellent and
consequently, so is the detail that can be discovered about an individual’s
career.
Useful addresses and Websites
The Admiralty Library
Mezzanie 3, 3-5 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HW
This library in Whitehall also had material housed with the Royal
Naval Museum, Portsmouth and in the Hydrographic Office at Taunton.
Age of Nelson
www.ageofnelson.org
Here you can find out about two new massive ad authoritative database
covering the Royal Navy officers who fought in the French Revolution
and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815, and the seaman and marines who
fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
DataMarine
www.beavis.co.uk/dm.htm
One of the UK’s premier sources for Maritime Databases
Fleet Air Arm Museum
Box D6, RNAS Yeovilton, Near Ilchester, Someerset BA22 8HT
www.fleetairarm.com
The Fleet Air Arm Museum is the repository for the history of
the Royal Naval Air Service and Naval Aviation as well as the
Fleet Air Arm.
The Histrorical Dockyard Chatham
www.chdt.org.uk
Covering some 23,000 square feet, the Museum of the Royal Dockyard
is one of the largest single museum galleries in Kent.
Imperial war Museum
www.iwm.org.uk
Collection covers 20th century naval history and warfare only.
The Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts,
especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth.
Imperial War Museum London
Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ
Imperial War Museum North
The Quays, Trafford Wharf, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1TE
The National Archives (TNA)
Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4 DU, England
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The TNA hold most Admiralty records including official logs of
warships. It also holds all personal and service records of the
Royal Army and Royal Marines up to about 1922.
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, LONDON SE10 9N
www.nmm.ac.uk
The largest maritime museum in the world, it has a large collection
of Royal Navy portraits and many other navy and maritime resources.
Port
www.port.nmm.ac.uk
Premier portal of high-quality maritime resources on the Internet
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
www.flagship.org.uk
Live and breathe our nation’s heritage through three of
the most important warships ever built: the Mary Rose, HMS Victory
and HMS Warrior.
Royal Marines Museum
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4 9PX
www.royalmarines.co.uk
The royal Marines Museum is dedicated to the preservation and
preservation and presentation of all aspects of Royal Marines
history and provides the public and researchers with the history
of Britain’s sea soldiers from 1664 to the present.
Royal Naval Museum Library
No 12 Storehouse, Semaphore Tower Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth,
Hampshire PO1 3NH
www.royalnavalmuseum.org
The researchers Collections provides public access to the principal
research collections held at the Museum. These comprise all of
the Library and manuscript collections, including that part of
the Admiralty Library that was moved to Portsmouth in 1997.
Royal Naval Museum
HM Naval Base (PP66), Portsmouth, PO1 3NH
www.royalnavalmuseum.org
Museum of Britain’s Senior Service in Portsmouth.
Royal Navy
www.royal-navy.mod.uk
To find our about the vital role played by the Royal Navy –
Which is taking the lead in organizing Trafalgar 200 – one
of the worlds most modern and professional navies.
Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Haslar Jetty, gosport, Hampshire PO12 2AS
www.rnsubmus.co.uk
The Society for Nautical Research
Stowell House, New Pond Hill, Cross in Hand, Heathfield, East
Susses, TN 21 OLX
www.snr.org
Bibliography
[note that publications by the National Archives cover TNA holdings
almost exclusively. References to Public Record Office/ Pro refer
to TNA]
Beckett, Ian: F.W. First World War: The Essential Guide to Sources
in The National Archives (TNA 2002)
Bevan, Amanda: Tracing Your Ancestors in The National Archives
7th edition (TNA 2006)
Cantwell, JD: Second World War: A Guide to Sources in the PRO
(TNA 1998)
Dymond, Steve: Researching British Military Medal: a Practical
Guide (Crosswood Press 1999)
Foster, Janet and Julia Sheppard:
British Archives: A Guide to Archive Resources in the United Kingdom,
3rd edition (Macmillan, 1995)
Fowler, Simon: Tracing Your First World War Ancestors (Countyside
Books 2003)
Herber, Mark: Ancestral Trails: Complete Guide to British Genealogy
2nd edition (Sutton 1994)
King, Dean: Everyman Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand
Accounts From the Age of Nelson 1793-1815 (Conway Maritime Press,
2003)
Pappalardo, Bruno: Tracing Your Naval Ancestors (TNA 2003)
Rodger, NAM: Naval Records for Genealogists rev. edition (TNA
1998)
Rodger, NAM: The Safeguard of the Sea: 1660-1649 (Harper Collins
1997)
Rodger, NAM: Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain,
1649-1815 (Allen Lane, 2004)
Rodger, NAM: The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy
(Fontana, 1988)
Smith, Keith, Christopher T Watts & Michael J Watts:
Records of the Merchant Seamen and Shipping (TNA 1998)
Record Repositories in Great Britain 10th Edition (TNA 1994)
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