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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.

Royal Navy[]

  • 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)
  • 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. pp. 592.      E'book
  • Colomb, Philip Howard (1905). The battle of Trafalgar
    W. Clowes & sons, limited, p. 18, 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)
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, ISBM 10:0811700232 [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 ... [note 1]
    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,.  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. pp. 875. ISBN 0313305471.  Url
  • 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    . pp. 358.      E'Book
  • Southey, Robert (1813). The Life of Nelson. pp. 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. pp. 378.  E'Book
  • Vincent, Edgar (2003). Nelson: Love & Fame(Biography & Autobiography)
    Yale University Press, p. 640, isbn 0-300-10260, Url
  • [[James Alexander Williamson
    Macmillan, London |Williamson, James Alexander]] (1916). The Foundation and Growth of the British Empir. pp. 290.      E'Book
  • Worrall, Simon (2005). "Battle of Trafalgar: Admiral Lord Nelson's Fatal Victory". 
  • 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

Admiral Nelson[]

  • 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
  • Clarke, James Stanier; McArthur, John
    Bensley, London for Cadell (1810). The life of Admiral Lord Nelson:. pp. 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
  • [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
    Henry Colburn, London, 522 pages, |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.      E'Book
  • ——; Harris, Sir Nicholas, (P) (1846). The Dispatches And Letters, Volume 7
    Henry Colburn, London, p. 814, E'Book
  • 2
    Henry Colburn, London (1846). The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, Vol VI, May, 1804 – July, 1805, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas. pp. 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
  • 2
    Henry Colburn, London, 5110 pages, (1846). The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, Vol VI, Sept.1799 – Dec.1801, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas.      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. pp. 514.  E'Book
  • Phillips, Michael (2011
    The Age of Nelson / Michael Phillips). "Ships of the Old Navy".      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 Navy

Battle of Copenhagen[]

  • Clark, 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
  • Southey, Robert (1896) Robert Southey's Life of Nelson
    Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay, p. 302, E'book

Battle of Trafalgar[]

  • Adkin, Mark (2005). The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson. ISBN 1-84513-018-9.  Book
  • 2
    Penguin Books (2005). Nelson's Trafalgar, The Battle That Changed the World (1st ed.). London. pp. 392. ISBN 978-0-143-03795-8.     
  • Allen, Joseph (1853
    Henry G. Bohn, London). Battles of the British navy, Volume 1. pp. 532.      E'Book
  • Colomb, Philip Howard. The battle of Trafalgar
    W. Clowes & sons, limited, 1905    . pp. 18.      Url
  • Corbett, By Sir Julian Stafford. The campaign of Trafalgar, Volume 2
    Longmans, Green, and co., 1919    . pp. 538.      Url
  • Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815
    Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201, ISBN 0-8177-1118-8, Url
  • Dull, Jonathan R. (2009). The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British and French Navies, 1650–1815. pp. 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,    . pp. 436.      E'Book
  • Harbron, John D. (1988). Trafalgar and the Spanish navy
    Naval Institute Press,    . pp. 178.      Url
  • Hibbert, Christopher (1995). Nelson: A Personal History. pp. 472. ISBN 0-201-40800-7.  Url
  • Nicolson, Adam (2005). Men of honour: Trafalgar and the making of the English hero. pp. 341.  Url
  • Nova Scotia. Vice-admiralty court, Halifax (1911
    The Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts). American vessels captured by the British during the revolution and war of 1812. pp. 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,    . pp. 809.      Url

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Full title:
    Royal naval biography; or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains, and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year or who have since been promoted
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