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How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves; Updated to 1900, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature

Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy During Victoria's Reign, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

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Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval

The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day (2 volumes; London: Library Press, 1915), by Fred T. Jane, illust. by W. L. Wyllie
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
A History of the Royal Navy, From the Earliest Times to the Wars of the French Revolution (2 volumes (projected volumes beyond 1422 not published); London: R. Bentley, 1847), by Nicholas Harris Nicolas
Memories of the Sea (London: E. Arnold, 1913), by C. C. Penrose Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore, by J. R. Hutchinson (Gutenberg text)
Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1905; for supplement see Signals and Instructions), ed. by Julian Stafford Corbett
- Gutenberg text
- multiple formats at archive.org
Lives of the British Admirals: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History, From the Earliest Periods; With A Continuation Down to the Year 1779 (4 volumes; London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinsons, 1785), by John Campbell, ed. by John Berkenhout

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 1603-1649

The Navy Under the Early Stuarts and its Influence on English History (Manchester, UK: The Faith press, 1913), by Christopher Denstone Penn
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust; US access only

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 16th century

The Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson in Six Books (6 books in 5 volumes; London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1902-1913), by William Monson, ed. by M. Oppenheim

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 17th century

The Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson in Six Books (6 books in 5 volumes; London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1902-1913), by William Monson, ed. by M. Oppenheim

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century

Letters Written by Sir Samuel Hood (Viscount Hood) in 1781-2-3, Illustrated by Extracts From Logs and Public Records (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1895), by Samuel Hood, ed. by David Hannay (multiple formats at archive.org)
Logs of the Great Sea Fights, 1794-1805 (2 volumes; London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1899-1900), ed. by T. Sturges Jackson
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, Commander R.N. (1775-1814) (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1906), by James Anthony Gardner, ed. by R. Vesey Hamilton and John Knox Laughton (multiple formats at archive.org)
Journal of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1896), by Bartholomew James, ed. by John Knox Laughton and James Young F. Sulivan (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Life of Nelson, the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain (2 volumes; London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1897), by A. T. Mahan
- Volume I: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- Volume II: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV (new edition with additions and notes bringing the work down to 1827; 6 volumes; London: R. Bentley and Son, 1886), by William James
The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV (new edition with additions and notes bringing the work down to 1827; 6 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1902), by William James
Signals and Instructions, 1776-1794; With Addenda to Volume XXIX (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1908), by Julian Stafford Corbett (multiple formats at archive.org)
Admiral Phillip: The Founding of New South Wales (London: T. F. Unwin, 1899), by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence, by A. T. Mahan (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Types of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British Navy, by A. T. Mahan (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Fiction

The King's Own, by Frederick Marryat (Gutenberg text)
The Two Admirals: A Tale (New York: G. P. Putnam, 1852), by James Fenimore Cooper
- Gutenberg text
- page images at MOA
The Two Admirals: A Tale (New York : Hurd and Houghton, 1871), by James Fenimore Cooper (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Two Admirals: A Tale (New York : Hurd and Houghton, 1872), by James Fenimore Cooper, illust. by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Indexes

Index to James' Naval History, Edition 1886 (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1895), by C. G. Toogood, ed. by T. A. Brassey (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Juvenile fiction

Under the Meteor Flag, by Harry Collingwood
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- multiple formats at archive.org

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Sources

Papers Relating to the Loss of Minorca in 1756 (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1913), ed. by Herbert W. Richmond (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century

The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV (new edition with additions and notes bringing the work down to 1827; 6 volumes; London: R. Bentley and Son, 1886), by William James
The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV (new edition with additions and notes bringing the work down to 1827; 6 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1902), by William James
La Campagne Maritime de 1805: Trafalgar (in French; Paris: Lib. Militaire de R. Chapelot et cie., 1907), by Edouard Desbrière
Logs of the Great Sea Fights, 1794-1805 (2 volumes; London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1899-1900), ed. by T. Sturges Jackson
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
Journal of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1896), by Bartholomew James, ed. by John Knox Laughton and James Young F. Sulivan (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Life of Nelson, the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain (2 volumes; London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1897), by A. T. Mahan
- Volume I: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- Volume II: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
Prisoners of War in France: Being the Adventures of John Tregerthen Short and Thomas Williams, of St. Ives, Cornwall (London: Duckworth and Co., 1914), by John Tregerthen Short and Thomas Williams, ed. by Edward Hain (multiple formats at archive.org)
Selections From the Correspondence of Admiral John Markham During the Years 1801-4 and 1806-7 (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1904), by John Markham, ed. by Clements R. Markham (multiple formats at archive.org)
Types of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British Navy, by A. T. Mahan (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction

Hornblower and the Hotspur (c1962), by C. S. Forester (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
Frank Mildmay: or, The Naval Officer, by Frederick Marryat (Gutenberg text)
Mr. Midshipman Easy, by Frederick Marryat (Gutenberg text)
Newton Forster: or, The Merchant Service, by Frederick Marryat (Gutenberg text)
Percival Keene, by Frederick Marryat (Gutenberg text)
Hornblower and the Atropos (c1953), by C. S. Forester (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
Lieutenant Hornblower (c1952), by C. S. Forester (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (c1950), by C. S. Forester (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
Lord Hornblower (c1946), by C. S. Forester (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
The Commodore (c1945), by C. S. Forester (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Periodicals

Publications of the Navy Records Society, ed. by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (partial serial archives)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Poetry

Naval Songs and Ballads (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1908), ed. by C. H. Firth (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Sources

Letters and Papers of Charles, Lord Barham, Admiral of the Red Squadron, 1758-1813 (3 volumes; London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1907-1911), by Charles Middleton, ed. by John Knox Laughton
The Autobiography of Phineas Pett (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1918), by Phineas Pett, ed. by W. G. Perrin (multiple formats at archive.org)

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