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LINK: Royal Navy History & Links
This site seems to have a lot of naval history on it: http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html
the page is titled:
Index to late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History
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Trafalgar Ancestors
New National Archives online database ................ 18,000 British individuals who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/
Casalguidi
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Did your Ancestor serve in the Battle of Trafalgar?
You can find out thanks for a new database from the National Archives!!
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/
This database celebrates the 18,000 plus individuals who fought in the Battle of the Trafalgar on the side of the Royal Navy. Trafalgar Ancestors is an ongoing project which over time aims to provide genealogical and service details about these individuals from a range of published sources and documents, but in particular the Admiralty records held by The National Archives. The overall aim is to eventually revise, extend and bring up to date Mackenzie's Trafalgar Roll.
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New from the National Archives is a Trafalgar Archives database http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/
This was the kind of information found when I searched for Clarks, for example...
Andrew Clark aged 25 born in Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England.
Ship: HMS Dreadnought
Rank/Rating: Able Seaman
Service details
HMS Dreadnought
Ship's pay book number: (SB 338)
and
Edward Clark aged 28 born in Rowhaven.
Ship: HMS Belleisle
Rank/Rating: Quartermaster's Mate
Service details
HMS Belleisle
Ship's pay book number: (SB 446)
22 January 1803 (Was at Trafalgar)
Rank/rating: Quartermaster's mate
cheers
Paul
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The official website of HMS Victory have a list of crew members who were on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar 1805.
http://www.hms-victory.com/index.php?option-content&task=category§ionid=9&id=96<emid=67
Just select Crew at Trafalgar in the main menu.
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hiya cas/amy,thats a first class piece of research material,mack
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There is additional info at www.treeforall.org.uk.
Kate
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The Royal Navy service records 1853-1923 (date of enlistment) are coming online
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/
and you get date & place of birth from the index search ;D
Good luck everyone
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This is a very exciting database....we are so lucky to have access to it
Hats off to the contributers!!! J.J.
Allied Warships / losses
http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/
sample page: sinking of HMS Boadicea - June 13 1944
http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4354.html
more here: Casualty lists
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,299988.msg1814872.html#msg1814872
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Terrific site for ships and photos !
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/
Annie :) :)
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Usefull list of mainly Naval personnel buried at Portland Dorset
http://www.druvox95.plus.com/MIs/MI_Index.html
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O'Byrne's Royal Navy Biography was first published in 1849 and contains the names,birthdate (if known),rank and date of entry into the service of most (but not all) Officers in the Royal Navy up to 1848. If married the spouse's name is listed and also when the marriage took place.
Information regarding a man's Navy service is also entered in most cases but the following pages only include the details mentioned above.I have access to the original book so if you do find someone that you're interested in, post a new topic on the Armed Forces board with the heading " O'Byrne's Look Up" together with the surname and I'll have a look for you. ;)
Surnames A - D
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG1.html
E - G
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG2.html
H - L
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG3.html
M - P
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG4.html
Q - T
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG5.html
U - Z
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG6.html
Mick :)
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An excellent site :) :) :)
http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/marit.htm
Annie :)
Moderator comment
It looks very much as if the site as been taken down, and no longer available, however the http://www.archive.org/about/about.php as seen fit to archive the pages, they can be found at this link.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070427065119/http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/INTRO.HTM
Or another version http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/index.html
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Liverpool Annie -
Outstanding ...very informative .. Thanks for sharing. :D :D
yn9man :)
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Denn -
Another great site. Thanks for sharing with us.
yn9man
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useful site
http://www.navylist.org/
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http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/
Devoted to the ships of the Royal Navy and the men and women who served in them
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To Save you searching.Womens Royal Navy.Submariners,and lots more links.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/guide/navy/default.htm
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.5295
http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Feature/history.htm
http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100p
http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_WRNS.htm
All of these websites have lots of links to other naval ones.So much better having them all in one place rather than dotted around ;)
Happy Hunting :)
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Here's an interesting subject ........ !! :D
Naval Terminology, Jargon and Slang FAQ
http://www.hazegray.org/faq/slang1.htm
Annie
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Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, ww1 -present
Surname index or search by ship if known...
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1003-Intro.htm
sample page:Lists those lost on Boadicea
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1944-06JUN1.htm
more here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,299988.msg398535.html#msg398535
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What a great resource! Thanks
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Many thanks for these links.
I've found a reference to William Beresford when he was wounded on the Boreas.
Now to keep fingers crossed for anyone who knows more of what happened to "Bill".
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Wills of 35,000 Royal Navy Seamen (1786-1882) - indexed online and downloadable (for a fee)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/seamenswills.asp
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Books - Free Online
The Navy List 1855
http://books.google.ca/books?id=dusNAAAAQAAJ&dq=Stopford:+Acre+1840&as_brr=3
The Navy List 1884
http://books.google.ca/books?id=TidLAAAAMAAJ
The Navy List 1885
http://books.google.ca/books?id=XJnC4VKu0CMC
The Navy List 1886
http://books.google.ca/books?id=dYoYAAAAMAAJ
The Navy List 1887
http://books.google.ca/books?id=UtIYAAAAMAAJ
Several others found here:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/05jg/
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Thank you both for those links. Really interesting.
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Navy List 1814
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0xYYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
A list of the masters, medical officers, and pursers of his majesty's fleet 1827
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Iu8NAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=NAVY+LIST&as_brr=1&cd=7#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Navy List 1835
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AxEYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=NAVY+LIST&as_brr=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false