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Revision as of 16:06, 1 November 2007
Contents
General Links
- John's Nautical and Boatbuilding Pages Lots of links
- Dictionary of Disasters at Sea 1824 - 1962 Although this is a French site, the Dictionary is in English. It includes steam ships, sailing ships and ships of war lost in action.
Old Nautical Terms
- Nautical abbreviations Taken from The Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions 1913
Merchant Shipping
- Maritime History of the Merchant Sailing Ships of the North West of England and the Isle of Man, through the period from the late 1700's until the First World War
- The Crew List Merchant seafarers on British registered ships between 1861 and 1913.
Old Shipping Companies
Place Specific
Lighthouses
Lifeboats
Many other Lifeboat stations have their own history sites, often with old Crew Lists and Photographs - these include:-
Coastguards
Coastal Defences
- The Palmerston Forts Society Forts in Portsmouth Area
Smuggling
Shipwrecks
The Fishing Industry
Shipbuilding
Miscellaneous
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