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 Adams, James Truslow (1940). EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS THE BRITISH EMPIRE, Charles Schriber & Sons, New York, 409 pages; E'book Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley (2008). The War for All the Oceans:From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo Penguin Books, 560 pages, , 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 1Henry 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) E'book E'book E'book E'book E'book

Book (par view) Colomb, Philip Howard (1905). The battle of TrafalgarW. Clowes & sons, limited, p. 18, E'book 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 fleetsE.P.Dutton & Co., New York, p. 436, E'book

Goodwin, Peter G. (1987). The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War: 1650–1850, Naval Institute Press, p. 276, , Book (par view) Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. (2007) The Royal Navy 1793–1815 (Battle Orders) Osprey Publishing, p. 96, excerpt and text search Harrison, Cy (2019) Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War: A Biographical Dictionary of Commissioned Officers 1748-1763Helion and Company, p. 584 Publishers Website Hill, J.R. (2002). The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal NavyOxford University Press, p. 496, Book (par view) James, William Milbourne (1926). The British Navy in Adversity: A Study of the War of American Independence, 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 The naval history of Great Britain. There are two major edition the first was a five volume (London Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1822–1824). Listed here is the "new edition" in six volume with preface first published in London, April 1859 are available online for viewing at the Internet Archive and as they were published in 1902 are in the public domain (copyright expired):

Knight, Roger (2005) The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio NelsonBasic Books, New York, p. 874 , Url Lavery, Brian (1984), The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850, Conway Maritime Press, p. 224, , E'Book —— (1987). Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600–1815, Naval Institute Press, p. 319, , Url —— (1991). Building the Wooden Walls: The Design and Construction of the 74-Gun Ship Valiant, Naval Institute Press, p. 206, , Url Lincoln, Margarette Lincoln (2002). Representing the Royal Navy: British Sea Power, 1750–1815Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, p. 226, Url

E'Book

Mould, Daphne. "What it was Like to be shot up by Old Ironsides" [American Heritage Magazine] (Log pages of HMS Cyane February 1815) E'Book Protheroe, Ernest (2010). The British Navy: Its Making and Its MeaningBiblioBazaar, p. 736, , Url Url Richmond, Herbert (1913). Papers Relating to the Loss of Minorca in 1756Navy Records Society —— (1920). The Navy in the War of 1739-48Cambridge University Press, E'Book —— (1931). The Navy in India, 1763-1783 Url —— (1989). The wooden world: an anatomy of the Georgian navyWilliam Collins Sons & Co., London. p. 445 , Url E'Book 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 2University 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 RevolutionNaval Institute Press, Annapolis. p. 227, Url Stenzel, Alfred (1898) The British NavyT. Fisher Unwin, London, p. 327, E'Book E'Book Vincent, Edgar (2003). Nelson: Love & Fame (Biography & Autobiography) Yale University Press, p. 640, , Url E'Book Winfield, Rif (2010): (i) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 – 1714: Design Construction, Careers and Fates, p. 314, , Url (ii) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2007) . (iii) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2005. Second edition in 2008) . (iv) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (2014) .

Yonge, Charles Duke (1863). The history of the British Navy: from the earliest period to the present time:in two volumes, Volume 2Richard 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 NelsonAurum Press, London; p. 560, , Url Bennett, Geoffrey Martin (1972). Nelson, the commanderScribner, p. 322, Url Bradford, Ernle (2012), Nelson: The Essential Hero, E-reads/E-rights, p. 436, , Url E'Book Url2 Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201, , Url Goodwin, Peter (2002). Nelson's Ships: A History Of The Vessels In Which He Served: 1771 – 1805Conway Maritime Press, London; p. 312, , Url Howarth, David ; Howarth, Stephen; (2004). Nelson: The Immortal Memory, p. 408, , Url Knight, Roger (2007). The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio NelsonBasic Books, p. 936, , Url Lavery, Brian (1989), Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793–1815, Naval Institute Press, p. 352, , Url Lee, Christopher (2005). Nelson and Napoleon, The Long Haul to TrafalgarHeadline books, 560 pages, , 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, , Url Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1918). The life of Nelson: the embodiment of the sea power of Great BritainLittle, Brown and Co., Boston, 525 pages, , E'book E'Book ——; Harris, Sir Nicholas, (P) (1846). The Dispatches And Letters, Volume 7Henry Colburn, London, p. 814, E'Book 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, , Book E'Book ——, Warner & Hanna, Eds. (1806). Memoirs of the Life of the Late Lord H. NelsonFryer & Clark, Baltimore, 119 pages, E'book E'Book

Southey, Robert (1896). Robert Southey's Life of NelsonLongmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay. p. 302, E'Book Walder, David (1978). Nelson: A BiographyDial Press/J. Wade, p. 538, Book Warner, Oliver, (1958). A portrait of Lord Nelson, Chatto & Windus, p. 372, Book ——, (1965). Nelson's BattlesB.T. Batsford Limited, p. 254, Book

Battle of Copenhagen Clark, James Stainer; M'Arthur, John (1810) The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B., from his lordship's manuscriptsT. Bensley, London, 702 pages, E'Book, Url Feldbæk, Ole (2002) The battle of Copenhagen: Nelson and the DanesNaval Institute Press, p. 270, , Book Southey, Robert (1896) Robert Southey's Life of NelsonLongmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay, p. 302, E'book

Battle of Trafalgar Book Adkins, Roy (2004) Trafalgar: The Biography of a BattleLittle Brown, 416 pages, , Book

E'Book Url Url Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201, , Url Url E'Book Url Url Url Url' Url Warwick, Peter (2005) Voices from the Battle of TrafalgarDavid & Charles, p. 320, , Book —— (2011) TrafalgarDavid & Charles, p. 352, , Book

See also

List of naval battles List of Royal Navy ships List of ship names of the Royal Navy (a full historical list) List of early warships of the English navy List of ships captured in the 18th century List of ships captured in the 19th century List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy List of single-ship actions Glossary of nautical terms (disambiguation)

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