Information Sheets

Please find below a current listing of information sheets which have been produced by the Royal Naval Museum Library.

Please note: that the information provided within these sheets are correct as far as we are able to ascertain from our sources. They are not intended to be an exhaustive or complete history of the subject. Items not in bold are awaiting revision and are not currently online. Please click here to ask for a copy of these items.

Where possible, a further reading list has been produced to correspond with the following information sheets. Please refer to the Reading Lists index for further information or use the link at the end of the information sheet.

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Please click on the bold links below to access factsheets on your chosen subject:

People Ships and vessels General naval history Naval social history and customs Naval battles and operations

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People George Anson Harold Auten VC John Benbow William Bligh John Byng John Bythesea VC Thomas Cochrane James Cook Cuthbert Collingwood John Cornwell VC Andrew Cunningham Adam Duncan Eugene Esmonde VC Edward Fegen VC John Fisher John Franklin Richard Grenville Thomas M Hardy John Harrison Samuel Hood James Inman Henry Jackson John Jellicoe John Jervis Loftus Jones VC Augustus Keppel Roger Keyes Michael le Fanu Louis Mountbatten Charles Napier Horatio Nelson Lawrence Oates Hugh Palliser John Pasco Samuel Pepys Henry Raby VC George Rodney Robert F Scott Ernest Shackleton Cloudesley Shovell James Somerville John Tovey Thomas Ussher Philip Vian Edward Vernon Agnes Weston W J Whitworth Arthur Wilson VC W L Wyllie ^ Back to top Ships and vessels Bismarck HMS Hampshire HMS Bounty HMS Hood Tirpitz Chesapeake Mary Rose HMS Warrior (1860) Coastal forces in WW2 HMS Pickle HMS Victory HMS Foudroyant HMS Royal George Habbakuk Charles II State Barge ^ Back to top

General naval history Brief history of the Royal Navy Signals at sea Dockyard battalions Navy League Paintwork vs Gunnery controversy Squadronal colours Naval brigades Royal Naval Division Women's Royal Naval Service Naval gunnery Royal Reviews of the Fleet WW1 RNVR prefixes Naval rankings ^ Back to top Naval social history and customs Bone models of men of war Loyal toast Trafalgar Night Dinners Field Gun Run Nicknames of Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonport Tribal Trophy Figureheads Sailor's hornpipe Warship weeks Impressment Ship biscuits Punishment in the Navy Gun salutes Solent Forts ^ Back to top Naval battles and operations Antarctic expeditions D-Day (Normandy landings) Operation Pedestal Flamborough Head Spanish Armada ^ Back to top RNM Collections Bone models of men of war Genealogical sources General historical sources Enigma machine Naval regulations Nelson masks ^ Back to top Maritime history Piracy Slavery ^ Back to top General reference resources Flag makers Model ship suppliers Lord Nelson's prayer Naval booksellers Medal dealers Naval crest suppliers ^ Back to top