Bibliography of 18th–19th century Royal Naval history



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
Penguin Books, 560 pages, ISBN 9781440638626, Book ( par view ) Harvard University Press, 485 pages, Book ( snippit view ) Henry G. Bohn, London, 532 pages, E'book Blandford P., 174 pages, Book ( snippit view )
 * 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
 * Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, (1926), Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652–1862, Volume 29,
 * Allen, Joseph (1853). Battles of the British navy, Volume 1
 * Archibald, Edward H. H. (1968), The wooden fighting ship in the Royal Navy, A.D. 897–1860,
 * Barnes, Ian Barnes (2000). The Historical Atlas of the American RevolutionPsychology Press, 208 pages, Book ( par view )
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W. Clowes & sons, limited, p. 18, E'book E.P.Dutton & Co., New York, p. 436, E'book Naval Institute Press, p. 276, ISBN 9780870210167, Book ( par view ) Osprey Publishing, p. 96, ISBN 9781846031380 excerpt and text search Helion and Company, p. 584 Publishers Website Oxford University Press, p. 496, Book ( par view )
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 * Colomb, Philip Howard (1905). The battle of Trafalgar
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 * 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
 * Goodwin, Peter G. (1987). The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War: 1650–1850,
 * Goodwin, Peter G. (1987). The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War: 1650–1850,
 * Goodwin, Peter G. (1987). The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War: 1650–1850,
 * Goodwin, Peter G. (1987). The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War: 1650–1850,
 * Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. (2007) The Royal Navy 1793–1815 (Battle Orders)
 * Harrison, Cy (2019) Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War: A Biographical Dictionary of Commissioned Officers 1748-1763
 * Hill, J.R. (2002). The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
 * 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

University Press, p. 71, Url Basic Books, New York, p. 874 ISBN 046503764X, Url Conway Maritime Press, p. 224, ISBN 9780851772523, E'Book Naval Institute Press, p. 319, ISBN 9780870210099, Url Naval Institute Press, p. 206, ISBN 9781557500786, Url Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, p. 226, ISBN 9780754608301 Url BiblioBazaar, p. 736, ISBN 9781176425996, Url Navy Records Society Cambridge University Press, E'Book William Collins Sons & Co., London. p. 445 ISBN 9780002165488, Url George H. Doran Company, p. 428, E'Book University of Wisconsin—Madison, p. 888, Url Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. p. 227, Url T. Fisher Unwin, London, p. 327, E'Book Yale University Press, p. 640, ISBN 0-300-10260-7, Url Richard Bentley, 1863, p. 809, E'Book
 * —— (1948). The influence of sea power on the history of the British people
 * 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 Nelson
 * Knight, Roger (2005) The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
 * Knight, Roger (2005) The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
 * Knight, Roger (2005) The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
 * Knight, Roger (2005) The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
 * Knight, Roger (2005) The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
 * Knight, Roger (2005) The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
 * Lavery, Brian (1984), The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850,
 * —— (1987). Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600–1815,
 * —— (1991). Building the Wooden Walls: The Design and Construction of the 74-Gun Ship Valiant,
 * Lincoln, Margarette Lincoln (2002). Representing the Royal Navy: British Sea Power, 1750–1815
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 * Mould, Daphne. [1983] "What it was Like to be shot up by Old Ironsides" [American Heritage Magazine] (Log pages of HMS Cyane February 1815)
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 * Protheroe, Ernest (2010). The British Navy: Its Making and Its Meaning
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 * Protheroe, Ernest (2010). The British Navy: Its Making and Its Meaning
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 * Richmond, Herbert (1913). Papers Relating to the Loss of Minorca in 1756
 * —— (1920). The Navy in the War of 1739-48
 * —— (1931). The Navy in India, 1763-1783
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 * —— (1989). The wooden world: an anatomy of the Georgian navy
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 * Stevens, William Oliver; Westcott, Allan Ferguson (1920), A History of Sea Power,
 * Stout, Neil R. (1962). The Royal Navy in American Waters, 1760–1775, Volume 2
 * —— (1973). The Royal Navy in America, 1760–1775: A Study of Enforcement of British Colonial Policy in the Era of the American Revolution
 * Stenzel, Alfred (1898) The British Navy
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 * Vincent, Edgar (2003). Nelson: Love & Fame (Biography & Autobiography)
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 * Winfield, Rif (2010):
 * (i) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 – 1714: Design Construction, Careers and Fates, p. 314, ISBN 9781848320406, Url
 * (ii) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2007) ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
 * (iii) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2005. Second edition in 2008) ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
 * (iv) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (2014) ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.
 * Yonge, Charles Duke (1863). The history of the British Navy: from the earliest period to the present time:in two volumes, Volume 2
 * Yonge, Charles Duke (1863). The history of the British Navy: from the earliest period to the present time:in two volumes, Volume 2

Admiral Nelson
Aurum Press, London; p. 560, ISBN 9781845130183, Url Scribner, p. 322, Url E-reads/E-rights, p. 436, ISBN 9781617568169, Url Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201, ISBN 9780811711180, Url Conway Maritime Press, London; p. 312, ISBN 0-8117-1007-6, Url Basic Books, p. 936, ISBN 0465037658, Url Naval Institute Press, p. 352, ISBN 9781591146117, Url Headline books, 560 pages, ISBN 0-7553-1041-1, Url Longmans, Green, 456 pages, E'Book Naval Institute Press, 283 pages, ISBN 9780870210778, Url Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 525 pages, ISBN 1843831309, E'book Henry Colburn, London, p. 814, E'Book Scarecrow Press, 629 pages, ISBN 9780810857810, Book Fryer & Clark, Baltimore, 119 pages, E'book Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay. p. 302, E'Book Dial Press/J. Wade, p. 538, Book Chatto & Windus, p. 372, Book B.T. Batsford Limited, p. 254, Book
 * Adkin, Mark (2007). The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson
 * Bennett, Geoffrey Martin (1972). Nelson, the commander
 * Bradford, Ernle (2012), Nelson: The Essential Hero,
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 * Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815
 * Goodwin, Peter (2002). Nelson's Ships: A History Of The Vessels In Which He Served: 1771 – 1805
 * Howarth, David ; 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
 * Lavery, Brian (1989), Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793–1815,
 * Lee, Christopher (2005). Nelson and Napoleon, The Long Haul to Trafalgar
 * Laughton, M.A., John Knox, (1886), (P) Letters and despatches of Horatio, viscount Nelson: duke of Bronte, vice admiral of the White squadron ,
 * Longridge, Charles Nepean; Bowness. Edward, (1981), The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships,
 * Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1918). The life of Nelson: the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain
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 * ——; Harris, Sir Nicholas, (P) (1846). The Dispatches And Letters, Volume 7
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 * ——; Maffeo, Steven E., Ed.; (P) (2007), Seize, burn, or sink: the thoughts and words of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson,
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 * ——, Warner & Hanna, Eds. (1806). Memoirs of the Life of the Late Lord H. Nelson
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 * Southey, Robert (1896). Robert Southey's Life of Nelson
 * Southey, Robert (1896). Robert Southey's Life of Nelson
 * Walder, David (1978). Nelson: A Biography
 * Warner, Oliver, (1958). A portrait of Lord Nelson,
 * ——, (1965). Nelson's Battles

For other sources for Admiral Nelson see Royal Navy

Battle of Copenhagen
T. Bensley, London, 702 pages, E'Book, Url Naval Institute Press, p. 270, ISBN 978-0-143-03795-8, Book Longmans, Green, and Co., London, Bombay, p. 302, E'book
 * Clark, James Stainer; M'Arthur, John (1810) The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B., from his lordship's manuscripts
 * Feldbæk, Ole (2002) The battle of Copenhagen: Nelson and the Danes
 * Southey, Robert (1896) Robert Southey's Life of Nelson

Battle of Trafalgar
Little Brown, 416 pages, ISBN 0-316-72511-0, Book Stackpole Books, Penn., p. 201, ISBN 978-0-8117-1118-0, Url David & Charles, p. 320, ISBN 9780715325568, Book David & Charles, p. 352, ISBN 9780715339169, Book
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 * Adkins, Roy (2004) Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle
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 * Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815
 * Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793–1815
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 * Warwick, Peter (2005) Voices from the Battle of Trafalgar
 * —— (2011) Trafalgar