Go Further

Eight more websites you can’t afford to miss

THE 1805 CLUB

w 1805club.org/research-database/area/all This website includes a searchable database of Royal Navy officers in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815).

THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND

w iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-battle-ofjutland

The Imperial War Museums’ website has pages, articles and charts dedicated to the major naval battle of the First World War.

FINDMYPAST

w search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records Findmypast’s Royal Navy collections include Ships’ Musters (1739–1861), Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records (1704–1919), Navy Lists (1827–1945) and WW1 Ships Lost At Sea (1914–1919).

FORCES WAR RECORDS

w forces-war-records.co.uk

This site includes records relating to the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, the Royal Marines and Royal Navy officers’ medal rolls.

GOV.UK

w gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records

Here you can request a summary of a service record for individuals who joined the Royal Navy after May 1917 from the Ministry of Defence.

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM

w collections.rmg.co.uk

Browse or search the museum’s collections, archives and library.

PORTSMOUTH HISTORIC DOCKYARD

w historicdockyard.co.uk

Find out more about the National Museum of the Royal Navy, and other attractions such as HMS Victory and the Royal Navy Submarine Museum.

ROYAL NAVY RESEARCH ARCHIVES

w royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk

This extensive ‘virtual museum’ mainly focuses on material from the First World War onwards.