This Bibliography covers sources for Royal Navy history through the 18th and 19th centuries. Some sources may be duplicated in sections when appropriate. Among the contemporary and earlier historical accounts are primary sources, historical accounts, often derived from letters, dispatches, government and military records, captain's logs and diaries, etc., by people involved in or closely associated to the historical episode in question. Primary source material is either written by these people or often collected, compiled, and/or written and published by other editors also, sometimes many years after the historical subject has passed. Primary sources listed in this bibliography are denoted with an uppercase bold ' (P) before the book title. Publications that are in the public domain and available online for viewing in their entirety are denoted with E'Book.
Adams, James Truslow (1940). EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS THE BRITISH EMPIRE, Charles Schriber & Sons, New York, 409 pages; E'book
Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley (2008). The War for All the Oceans:From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
Penguin Books, 560 pages, ISBN 9781440638626, Book (par view)
Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, (1926), Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652–1862, Volume 29,
Harvard University Press, 485 pages, Book (snippit view)
Allen, Joseph (1853). Battles of the British navy, Volume 1
Henry G. Bohn, London, 532 pages, E'book
Archibald, Edward H. H. (1968), The wooden fighting ship in the Royal Navy, A.D. 897–1860,
Blandford P., 174 pages, Book (snippit view)
Barnes, Ian Barnes (2000). The Historical Atlas of the American RevolutionPsychology Press, 208 pages, Book (par view)
Brassey, Thomas B. (1882). The British navy: its strength, resources, and administration, Volume 1.
Longmans, Green, and co., 624 pages,. E'book
Beatty, William (1807). The Death of Lord Nelson.
Davison, White, Londonm 99 pages,. E'book
Brenton, Edward Pelham (1824). The naval history of Great Britain: from the year MDCCLXXXIII to MDCCCXXII.
C. Rice, J.F.Dove, London, 536 pages,. E'book
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Great Britain, ed. (1857). British and foreign state papers, Volume 28.
Harrison and Sons, 408 pages, London. E'book
Clowes, Sir William Laird; Markham, Sir Clements Robert; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Wilson, Herbert Wrigley; Roosevelt, Theodore; Laughton, Leonard George Carr (1901). The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the present, Volume 6.
Sampson Low, Marston and Co., London, limited. p. 592. E'book
Coleman, Terry (2004). The Nelson Touch: The life and legend.
Oxford University Press. p. 472. ISBN 0-19-517322-8. Book (par view)
Colomb, Philip Howard (1905). The battle of Trafalgar
W. Clowes & sons, limited, p. 18, E'book
Corbett, By Sir Julian Stafford. The campaign of Trafalgar, Volume 2.
Longmans, Green, and co., 1919. p. 538. E'book
Fraser, Edward (1906). The enemy at Trafalgar: an account of the battle from eye-witnesses' narratives and letters and despatches from the French and Spanish fleets
E.P.Dutton & Co., New York, p. 436, E'book
Gardiner, Robert; Randal, Gray; Przemyslaw, Budzbon.
Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921, Conway's Naval History after 1850 Series.
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
—— (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860–1905.
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 0-87021-912-X.
——; Lambert, Andrew (2001). Steam, Steel and Shellfire: The Steam Warship 1815–1905-Conway's History of the Ship.
Book Sales, Edison, New Jersey. ISBN 978-0-7858-1413-9.
Goodwin, Peter G. (1987). The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War: 1650–1850,
Naval Institute Press, p. 276, ISBN 9780870210167, Book (par view)
Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. (2007) The Royal Navy 1793–1815 (Battle Orders)
Osprey Publishing, p. 96, ISBN 9781846031380 excerpt and text search
Hill, J.R. (2002). The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
Oxford University Press, p. 496, Book (par view)
James, William Milbourne (1926). The British Navy in Adversity: A Study of the War of American Independence,
Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd, London, p. 459, Url
—— (1948). The influence of sea power on the history of the British people
University Press, p. 71, Url
James, William, (1826), The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 1,
Harding, Lepard and Company, London, p. 567, E'book
—— (1822), The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 2,
Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London p. 646, E'book
—— (1837), The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 3,
Richard Bentley, London, p. 386, E'book
—— (1824), The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 4,
Baldwin, Chadock and Joy, London, p. 500, E'book
—— (1847/1859), The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 5,
Richard Bentley, London, p. 404, E'book
—— (1837), The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 6,
Richard Bentley, London, p. 568, E'Book
—— (1837). The Naval History of Great Britain: 1805–1807
Conway Maritime Press, London, p. 424, ISBN 0811700232 [1]
——; O'Byrne, Robert, Ed.; (1888). James' Naval History: A Narrative of the Naval Battles, Single Ship Actions, Notable Sieges and Dashing Cutting-out Expeditions Fought in the Days of Howe, Hood, Duncan, St. Vincent, Bridport, Nelson, Camperdown, Exmouth, Duckworth and Sir Sydney, p. 517,
W. H. Allen & Company, London, E'Book
Knight, Roger (2005) The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
Basic Books, New York, p. 874 ISBN 046503764X, Url
Lavery, Brian (1984), The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850,
Conway Maritime Press, p. 224, ISBN 9780851772523, E'Book
—— (1987). Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600–1815,
Naval Institute Press, p. 319, ISBN 9780870210099, Url
—— (1991). Building the Wooden Walls: The Design and Construction of the 74-Gun Ship Valiant,
Naval Institute Press, p. 206, ISBN 9781557500786, Url
Lincoln, Margarette Lincoln (2002). Representing the Royal Navy: British Sea Power, 1750–1815
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, p. 226, ISBN 9780754608301 Url
Marshall, John (1826) Royal naval biography; or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers ...
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, London, p. 484, E'Book
Mitchell, W. F.; Elgar, Francis (1881). The Royal navy: in a series of illustrations,.
Griffin & Co, London. E'Book
Protheroe, Ernest (2010). The British Navy: Its Making and Its Meaning
BiblioBazaar, p. 736, ISBN 9781176425996, Url
Rasor, Eugene L. (2004). English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature.
Greenwood Publishing Group, CT. p. 875. ISBN 0313305471. Url
Richmond, Herbert (1913). Papers Relating to the Loss of Minorca in 1756
Navy Records Society
—— (1920). The Navy in the War of 1739-48
Cambridge University Press, E'Book
—— (1931). The Navy in India, 1763-1783
Rodger, Nicholas A.M. (2006). The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649–1815.
Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 0141026901. Url
—— (1989). The wooden world: an anatomy of the Georgian navy
William Collins Sons & Co., London. p. 445 ISBN 9780002165488, Url
Scott, Sir Percy (1919). Fifty years in the Royal Navy.
George H. Doran company. p. 358. E'Book
Southey, Robert (1813). The Life of Nelson. p. 302. E'Book
Stevens, William Oliver; Westcott, Allan Ferguson (1920), A History of Sea Power,
George H. Doran Company, p. 428, E'Book
Stout, Neil R. (1962). The Royal Navy in American Waters, 1760–1775, Volume 2
University of Wisconsin—Madison, p. 888, Url
—— (1973). The Royal Navy in America, 1760–1775: A Study of Enforcement of British Colonial Policy in the Era of the American Revolution
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. p. 227, Url
Stenzel, Alfred (1898) The British Navy
T. Fisher Unwin, London, p. 327, E'Book
Swinburne, Henry Lawrence (1907). The Royal Navy.
A. and C. Black, London. p. 378. E'Book
Vincent, Edgar (2003). Nelson: Love & Fame(Biography & Autobiography)
Yale University Press, p. 640, ISBN 0-300-10260-7, Url
Williamson, James Alexander (1916). The Foundation and Growth of the British Empir.
Macmillan, London. p. 290. E'Book
Winfield, Rif (2010):
(i) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 – 1714: Design Construction, Careers and Fates, p. 314, ISBN 9781848320406, Url
(ii) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2007) ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
(iii) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2005. Second edition in 2008) ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
(iv) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (2014) ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.
Worrall, Simon (2005). "Battle of Trafalgar: Admiral Lord Nelson's Fatal Victory". National Geographic. 208 (4).
Yonge, Charles Duke (1863). The history of the British Navy: from the earliest period to the present time:in two volumes, Volume 2
Richard Bentley, 1863, p. 809, E'Book
Adkin, Mark (2007). The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson
Aurum Press, London; p. 560, ISBN 9781845130183, Url
Bennett, Geoffrey Martin (1972). Nelson, the commander
Scribner, p. 322, Url
Bradford, Ernle (2012), Nelson: The Essential Hero,
E-reads/E-rights, p. 436, ISBN 9781617568169, Url
Clarke, James Stanier; McArthur, John (1810). The life of Admiral Lord Nelson:.
Bensley, London for Cadell. p. 702. E'Book Url2
Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815
Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201, ISBN 9780811711180, Url
Goodwin, Peter (2002). Nelson's Ships: A History Of The Vessels In Which He Served: 1771 – 1805
Conway Maritime Press, London; p. 312, ISBN 0-8117-1007-6, Url
Howarth, David Armine; Howarth, Stephen; (2004). Nelson: The Immortal Memory, p. 408, ISBN 9780851779935, Url
Knight, Roger (2007). The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
Basic Books, p. 936, ISBN 0465037658, Url
Lavery, Brian (1989), Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793–1815,
Naval Institute Press, p. 352, ISBN 9781591146117, Url
Lee, Christopher (2005). Nelson and Napoleon, The Long Haul to Trafalgar
Headline books, 560 pages, ISBN 0-7553-1041-1, Url
Laughton, M.A., John Knox, (1886), (P) Letters and despatches of Horatio, viscount Nelson: duke of Bronte, vice admiral of the White squadron ,
Longmans, Green, 456 pages, E'Book
Longridge, Charles Nepean; Bowness. Edward, (1981), The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships,
Naval Institute Press, 283 pages, ISBN 9780870210778, Url
Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1918). The life of Nelson: the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain
Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 525 pages, ISBN 1843831309, E'book
Nelson, Horatio; Nicholas, Sir Nicholas Harris (1845). The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, Vol II, 1795–1797, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas.
Henry Colburn, London, 522 pages,. E'Book
——; Harris, Sir Nicholas, (P) (1846). The Dispatches And Letters, Volume 7
Henry Colburn, London, p. 814, E'Book
—— (1846). The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, Vol VI, May, 1804 – July, 1805, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas.
Henry Colburn, London. p. 510. E'Book
——; Maffeo,Steven E., Ed.; (P) (2007), Seize, burn, or sink: the thoughts and words of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson,
Scarecrow Press, 629 pages, ISBN 9780810857810, Book
—— (1846). The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, Vol VI, Sept.1799 – Dec.1801, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas.
Henry Colburn, London, 5110 pages,. E'Book
——, Warner & Hanna, Eds. (1806). Memoirs of the Life of the Late Lord H. Nelson
Fryer & Clark, Baltimore, 119 pages, E'book
Pettigrew, Thom. Jos (1849). Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1.
T and W Boone, London. p. 514. E'Book
Phillips, Michael (2011). "Ships of the Old Navy".
The Age of Nelson / Michael Phillips. Url
Southey, Robert (1896). Robert Southey's Life of Nelson
Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay. p. 302, E'Book
Walder, David (1978). Nelson: A Biography
Dial Press/J. Wade, p. 538, Book
Warner, Oliver, (1958). A portrait of Lord Nelson,
Chatto & Windus, p. 372, Book
——, (1965). Nelson's Battles
B.T. Batsford Limited, p. 254, Book
For other sources for Admiral Nelson see Royal NavyClark, James Stainer; M'Arthur, John (1810) The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B., from his lordship's manuscripts
T. Bensley, London, 702 pages, E'Book, Url
Feldbæk, Ole (2002) The battle of Copenhagen: Nelson and the Danes
Naval Institute Press, p. 270, ISBN 978-0-143-03795-8, Book
Southey, Robert (1896) Robert Southey's Life of Nelson
Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay, p. 302, E'book
Adkin, Mark (2005). The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson.
Aurum Press, London, 448 pages,. ISBN 1-84513-018-9. Book
Adkins, Roy (2004) Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle
Little Brown,416 pages, ISBN 0-316-72511-0, Book
—— (2005). Nelson's Trafalgar, The Battle That Changed the World (1st ed.). London:
Penguin Books. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-143-03795-8.
Allen, Joseph (1853). Battles of the British navy, Volume 1.
Henry G. Bohn, London. p. 532. E'Book
Colomb, Philip Howard. The battle of Trafalgar.
W. Clowes & sons, limited, 1905. p. 18. Url
Corbett, By Sir Julian Stafford. The campaign of Trafalgar, Volume 2.
Longmans, Green, and co., 1919. p. 538. Url
Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815
Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201, ISBN 978-0-8117-1118-0, Url
Dull, Jonathan R. (2009). The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British and French Navies, 1650–1815.
Univ of Nebraska Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8032-1930-4. Url
Fraser, Edward (1906). The enemy at Trafalgar: an account of the battle from eye-witnesses' narratives and letters and despatches from the French and Spanish fleets.
E.P.Dutton & Co., New York,. p. 436. E'Book
Harbron, John D. (1988). Trafalgar and the Spanish navy.
Naval Institute Press,. p. 178. Url
Hibbert, Christopher (1995). Nelson: A Personal History.
Basic Books. p. 472. ISBN 0-201-40800-7. Url
Nicolson, Adam (2005). Men of honour: Trafalgar and the making of the English hero.
HarperCollins. p. 341. Url
Nova Scotia. Vice-admiralty court, Halifax (1911). American vessels captured by the British during the revolution and war of 1812.
The Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts. p. 166. Url'
Yonge, Charles Duke (1863). The history of the British Navy: from the earliest period to the present time: in two volumes, Volume 2.
Bentley,. p. 809. Url
Warwick, Peter (2005) Voices from the Battle of Trafalgar
David & Charles, p. 320, ISBN 9780715325568, Book
—— (2011) Trafalgar
David & Charles, p. 352, ISBN 9780715339169, Book
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