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• 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
  • Volume I (1488-1796): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (1797-1800): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (1800-1805): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (1805-1809): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (1809-1813): multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • Volume VI (1813-1827): multiple formats at Google; US access only
• 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
  • Volume I (1488-1796): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (1797-1800): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (1800-1805): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (1805-1809): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (1809-1913): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (1813-1827): multiple formats at archive.org
• 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)
• Nelson's flagship (T.Nelson, 1919), by Geoffrey Callender (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A selection from the public and private correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood: interspersed with memoirs of his life. (J. Ridgway, 1828), by Cuthbert Collingwood Collingwood and George Lewis Newnham Collingwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The navy in the war of 1739-48 (The University Press, 1920), by Herbert W. Richmond (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Nelson : the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain (Little, Brown and company, 1897), by A. T. Mahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A forgotten John Russell; being letters to a man of business, 1724-1751. (E. Arnold, 1905), by Mary Eyre Matcham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Admiral Vernon and the navy, a memoir and vindication; being an account of the admiral's career at sea and in Parliament, with sidelights on the political conduct of Sir Robert Walpole and his colleagues, and a critical reply to Smollett and other historians (T. F. Unwin, 1907), by Douglas Ford (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Naval and military memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783 (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1804), by Robert Beatson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir of Admiral Sir Graham Moore. (J. Murray, 1844), by Robert Gardiner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Keith papers. Selected from the papers of Admiral Viscount Keith (Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1927), by George Keith Elphinstone and W. G. Perrin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The British navy in adversity; a study of the war of American independence (Longmans, Green and co., ltd., 1926), by W. M. James (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The major operations of the navies in the war of American independence (Little, Brown, and Company, 1913), by A. T. Mahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter-books and order-book of George, lord Rodney, admiral of the White squadron, 1780-1782 ... (Printed for the Naval history society by the New York historical society, 1932), by Lord Rodney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter-books and order-book of George, lord Rodney, admiral of the White squadron, 1780-1782. (Printed for the New York Historical Society, 1932), by Lord Rodney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vice-Admiral Sir John Bentley, 1703-1772 (Billing and Sons, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pages & portraits from the past, being the private papers of Sir William Hotham (H. Jenkins, 1919), by William Hotham and A. M. W. Stirling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, K.B. (Pitman, 1914), by Edward Salmon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pages & portraits form the past, being the private papers of Sir William Hotham ... (H. Jenkins limited, 1919), by William Hotham and Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina Stirling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The press-gang afloat and ashore (E.P. Dutton, 1914), by J. R. Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• From middy to admiral of the fleet; the story of Commodore Anson re-told to boys (Hutchinson, 1891), by James Macaulay (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain, from the declaration of war by France in 1793 to the accession of George IV (R. Bentley, 1837), by William James and Frederick Chamier (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain : from the declaration of war by France in February 1793, to the accession of George IV in January 1820 ; with an account of the origin and progressive increase of the British Navy ; illustrated, from the commencement of the year 1793, by a series of tabular abstracts, contained in a separate quarto volume (Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822), by William James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of occurrences and transactions relating to the Royal Family Privateers and their prizes in the last war : extracted from journals, invoices, letters, and other authentic vouchers, compared with testimonies of living witnesses, wherein all the controverted allegations between the adventurers, their agents, and the managers are fairly stated and candidly discussed ... (The Editor, 1700), by Impartial Hand and Impartial hand (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain, from the year MDCCLXXXIII. to MDCCCXXXVI. (H. Colburn, 1837), by Edward Pelham Brenton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A genuine account of the late grand expedition to the coast of France, : under the conduct of the Admirals Hawke, Knowles, and Broderick, General Mordaunt, &c. (Printed for R. Griffiths, in Paternoster-Row., 1757), by Volunteer in the said expedition and R. Griffiths (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain : from the declaration of war by France in February 1793, to the accession of George IV, a new edition, with additins and notes bringing the work down to 1827 (Macmillan, 1902), by William James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Captain Foote's vindication of his conduct, : when captain of His Majesty's ship Sea-Horse, and senior officer in the Bay of Naples, in the summer of 1799. (Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies ..., 1807), by Edward James Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs and letters of Capt. Sir William Hoste ... (Bentley, 1833), by William Hoste and Harriet Walpole Hoste (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K. B. from his lordships manuscripts. (Caldell and Davies, 1810), by James Stanier Clarke and John M'Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Short statement of the services of those naval officers who were overlooked in the last promotion of Admirals : with observations on the question agitated in Parliament regarding that measure : with an Appendix, containing the speeches of the following members ... (Printed for John Stockdale, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1788) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the life of the late Lord H. Nelson : in which are enumerated the whole of his actions, minutely recorded, interspersed with anecdotes of that great naval hero. (Printed by Fryer & Clark for Warner & Hanna, 1806) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Narrative of the proceedings of the British fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir John Jervis, K. B. in the late action with the Spanish fleet, on the fourteenth of February, 1797, off Cape St. Vincent (Printed for J. Johnson, 1797) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Royal naval and military calendar : and national record for 1821 (Printed for the author, 1821), by George Mackenzie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Algiers bombarded, its fleet destroyed & Christian slavery extinguished, Augt. 1816 : Exmouth. (Smith, Elder and Co., 1841), by Edward Osler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Naval and military memoirs of Great Britain : from the year 1727, to the present time ... (Printed for J. Strachan ..., and P. Hill, Edinburgh, 1790), by Robert Beatson, Peter Hill, and J. Strachan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and services of Horatio viscount Nelson (Fisher, 1840), by James Stanier Clarke and John M'Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain, from the declaration of war by France, in 1793, to the accession of George IV (R. Bentley, 1878), by William James (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain, from the declaration of war by France in 1793, to the accession of George IV. (R. Bentley, 1878), by William James and Frederick Chamier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Major operations of the royal navy, 1762-1783. Being chapter XXXI, in The royal navy. A history. (Little, Brown, and company, 1898), by A. T. Mahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The major operations of the navies in the War of American Independence. (Greenwood Press, 1969), by A. T. Mahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval gazetteer, biographer, and chronologist : containing a history of the late wars, from their commencement in 1793 to their conclusion in 1801; and from their re-commencement in 1803 to their final conclusion in 1815; and continued, as to the biographical part, to the present time (Printed for and published by J.W. Norie & Co. at their navigation warehouse and naval academy, no. 157, Leadenhall-street, 1827), by J. W. Norie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain, from the declaration of war by France in 1793 to the accession of George IV. A new ed., with additons and notes, bringing the work down to 1827. (R. Bentley, 1886), by William James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Nelson. (London, 1828), by Robert Southey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logs of the great sea fights, 1794-1805 (Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1899), by T. Sturges Jackson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A narrative of the proceedings of His Majesty's fleet in the Mediterranean, and the combined fleets of France and Spain, from the year 1741 to March 1744 : including an accurate account of the late fight near Toulon, and the causes of our miscarriage, the lines of battle on both sides, plans of Villa Franca, Naples, Hieres Bay, Toulon, Gibraltar, and Cadiz : also the French admiral's journal. (Printed for J. Millan ..., 1745), by M. de Court, Richard Lestock, Edward Vernon, and Thomas Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
• A specimen of naked truth from a British sailor, a sincere wellwisher to the honour and prosperity of the present royal family and his country. (Printed for W. Webb ..., 1746), by Edward Vernon and Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations upon a memorial sent from London to Scotland, to procure petitions against the bill for manning the royal navy. (Printed for T. Cooper ..., 1741) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The History of the Mediterranean fleet from 1741 to 1744 : with the original letters, &c. that passed between the Admirals Matthews and Lestock : also all the other tracts on that important affair : with copper-plates (Printed for J. Millan ..., 1745), by Jonathan Telltruth, Richard Lestock, and Thomas Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
• The maritime campaign of 1778 : a collection of all the papers relative to the operations of the English and French fleets : to which are added, strictures upon the publications made in France, by order of the Ministry, concerning the engagement on the 27th of July : illustrated with charts and plans, on six copper-plates (Printed for William Faden, successor to the late T. Jefferies, geographer to the King, Charing Cross, 1778), by John Matthews and William Faden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Appeal to the people. Part 1 (Printed for J. Morgan, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1756), by John Byng (page images at HathiTrust)
• An answer to a pamphlet call'd, The conduct of the ministry impartially examined in which it is proved that neither imbecillity nor ignorance in the m--r have been the causes of the present unhappy situation of this nation (Printed for M. Cooper ..., 1756), by John Shebbeare (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Conduct of the ministry impartially examined in a letter to the merchants of London. (Printed for S. Bladon ..., 1756) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Register of naval actions (Printed and published by James Cundee ..., 1805), by Archibald Duncan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Nelson (Roberts Bros., 1883), by Robert Southey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Nelson (G. Routledge, 1886), by Robert Southey and Henry Morley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Nelson (Bickers and Son, 1883), by Robert Southey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Nelson (Collins, in the 19th century), by Robert Southey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, commander R. N. (1775-1814) (Printed for Navy Records Society, 1906), by James Anthony Gardner, John Knox Laughton, and R. Vesey Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters written by Sir Samuel Hood (Viscount Hood) in 1781-2-3, illustrated by extracts from logs and public records (Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1895), by Samuel Hood, David Hannay, Spottiswoode & Co, and Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Admiral Horatio Nelson (Burt, 1902), by Robert Southey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The life of Horatio, Lord Nelson. (J.M. Dent and Co., 1896), by Robert Southey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Major operations of the royal navy, 1762-1783. : Being chapter XXXI. in The royal navy. A history. (Little, Brown, and company, 1898), by A. T. Mahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain : from the declaration of war by France in 1703 to the accession of George IV (R. Bentley, 1860), by William James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pages & portraits from the past. (H. Jenkins limited, 1919), by William Hotham and A. M. W. Stirling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The naval history of Great Britain : from the declaration of war by France, in February 1793, to the accession of George IV. in January 1820 (Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1826), by William James (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection from the public and private correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood : interspersed with memoirs of his life (J. Ridgway, 1828), by Cuthbert Collingwood Collingwood and G. L. Newnham Collingwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval history of Great Britain from the year 1788-1836. (H.Colburn, 1837), by Edward Pelham Brenton (page images at HathiTrust)
• An appeal to the people : containing the genuine and entire letter of Admiral Byng to the Secr. of the Ad-------y .... (Printed for J. Morgan, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1756), by John Byng, Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial (Byng : 1756-1757), and Great Britain Admiralty (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some further particulars in relation to the case of Admiral Byng : from original papers, &c. : fiat justitia! (Printed for J. Lacy ... and to be sold at all pamphlet shops and booksellers in London and Westminster, 1756), by Gentleman of Oxford, J. Lacy, and Samuel Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The report of the general officers appointed by His Majesty's warrant of the first of November 1757, to inquire into the causes of the failure of the late expedition to the coasts of France : to which is prefixed, a copy of His Majesty's warrant directing the said inquiry : with an appendix, containing the papers referred to in the said report (Printed for A. Millar, 1758), by Great Britain. General Officers Appointed to Inquire into Causes of Failure of the Rochefort Expedition (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nelson and his times (Harmsworth brothers, ltd., 1898), by Charles Beresford and Herbert Wrigley Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logs of the great sea fights, 1794-1805 (Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1899), by T. Sturges Jackson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K. B. : from his lordship's manuscripts (1809), by James Stanier Clarke and John M'Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, commander R.N. (1775–1814), by James Anthony Gardner, ed. by R. Vesey Hamilton and John Knox Laughton (Gutenberg ebook)

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