DOWNLOADABLE SOURCES

The Library has a large amount of readily available information on a wide variety of naval subjects and museum collections. These will be available on-line in due course.

The following is the list of topics available. If your chosen subject is not yet available online, please contact the library to request the information.

PEOPLE George Anson Harold Auten VC David Beatty John Benbow John Bythesea VC Thomas Cochrane Cuthbert Collingwood John Cornwell VC Andrew Cunningham Adam Duncan VC Edward Fegen VC John Fisher John Franklin Richard Grenville Sir William and Emma, Lady Hamilton 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 John Pasco Samuel Pepys Henry Raby VC George Rodney Robert F Scott Ernest Shackleton John Tovey Thomas Ussher Philip Vian Edward Vernon Agnes Weston W J Whitworth Arthur Wilson VC W L Wyllie

SHIPS & VESSELS HMS Ark Royal Bismarck HMS Hampshire HMS Bounty HMS Hood Tirpitz Chesapeake Mary Rose HMS Warrior (1860) Coastal forces in WW2 HMS Pandora HMS Pickle HMS Prince of Q ships HMS Repulse HMS Royal Oak Royal Yachts HMS Victory HMS Foudroyant HMS Royal George Habbakuk Charles II State Barge

GENERAL NAVAL HISTORY Brief history of the Coastal forces Dockyard battalions Enigma machine and naval intelligence Naval brigades Naval gunnery

Naval history Naval rankings Navy League Naval signalling Paintwork vs Gunnery controversy Royal Naval Division Royal Reviews of the Fleet Signals at sea Squadronal colours UK Hydrographic surveying Uniforms, badges and insignia winners War of 1812 Women's Royal Naval Service WW1 RNVR prefixes

NAVAL SOCIAL HISTORY AND CUSTOMS

1797 mutinies Spithead and Nore Bone models of men of war Boy seamen Field Gun Run Figureheads Fleet reviews Gun salutes Impressment Invergordon mutiny Loyal toast Medicine and health in the Navy Nicknames of , Chatham and Devonport Punishment in the Navy Sailor's hornpipe Ship biscuits Solent Forts Trafalgar Night Dinners Tribal Trophy Warship weeks Women on sea and land

NAVAL BATTLES AND OPERATIONS Antarctic expeditions Chase and sinking of the Bismarck D-Day (Normandy landings) Operation Pedestal Falklands conflict 1982 Flamborough Head Jutland 1916 convoys Nelson’s battles (other than Trafalgar) PQ17 Russian (Arctic) convoys Spanish Armada Trafalgar

NMRNP COLLECTIONS Bone models of men of war Genealogical sources General historical sources Enigma machine Naval regulations Nelson masks

MARITIME HISTORY Slavery Transportation of convicts to Australia

GENERAL REFERENCE RESOURCES Flag makers Model ship suppliers Lord Nelson's prayer Naval booksellers Medal dealers Naval crest suppliers