Difference between revisions of "The Royal Navy"

Latest revision as of 09:28, 12 September 2022

Prior to 1972 all RN personnel were given their service record when they discharged. For pension purposes the RN retained pay details. Therefore the only information held on RN personnel who served prior to 1972 are their Service details (number, rank, name etc) and a list of dates and ships/shore bases.

A Subject Access Requests (SAR) form needs to be completed in order to access records.

The following address should be used for all Royal Navy and Royal Marine Enquiries

DNCM
Data Protection Cell
Building 1/152
PP65
Victory View
HMNB Portsmouth
PO1 3LS
Tel:02392 727531-723114-726063

Veterans UK

HMS Pembroke is a shore base not a ship. It was Chatham Naval Barracks and also home of the Coast guard Service. It is now part of the University of Greenwich.

Royal Navy Links

Researching the Mariners and Ships of the Merchant Marine and the World's Navies

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Sailing Navies-Naval Operations During the Period 1650-1850

Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels

The Ships and Their Fate

Merchant Navy and Royal Navy Information

The Mariners Mailing List- Main Bases, Training Schools and RN Air Stations

TNA Navy Research

Naval Research

Modern Day Royal Navy

Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History - Index

Nelson-Navy Life in Royal Navy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century

The age of Nelson

Naval Officers 1849

Naval Biographical Database People,Places,Ships,Organisations and Events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660

Ships in Port 1881 Census

The World's Navy Ships From The Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

Naval history First and Second World Wars, Campaign Summaries and More.

The H.M.S. Hood Association

Maritime London Discover The Past, Explore The Present

Royal Naval Museum

Main Bases, Training Schools and RN Air Stations

Pre-dreadnought Battleships

The Battle of Otranto Straits 15th May 1917

The Naval Battle of Otranto

Memorials & Monuments In Portsmouth

1901 Census - Royal Navy Ships

The Sinking Of The Troopship Lancastria

HMS Ajax

Records and Medals

Navy Records

Royal Navy Records can be applied for using the following contact address details

Officers aged 60 or under:

Naval Secretary (OMOBS)
Room 169
Victory Building
HM Naval Base
Portsmouth
POL 3LS

Officers born before 1914 and Ratings enlisted before 1924,

The National Archives

Ratings enlisted after 1924

NPP Accounts 1, AFPAA
Centurion Building
Grange Road
Gosport
Hampshire
PO13 9XA

Obtaining Royal Navy Service Records & Medals

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Contacts

Naval Service Records for the First World War

World War 2 Crewlists

Force Z-Survivors Association (POWRSA)

HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Repulse
HMS Electra
HMS Express
HMS Tenedos
HMAS Vampire
SS Automedon
HMS Cornwall
HMS Dorsetshire
HMS Encounter
HMS Jupiter
HMS Rapid
HMS Saumarez
HMS Stronghold
HMS Thanet
HMS Thracian
HMS Peterel
HMS Li-Wo
HMS Dragonfly
HMS Grasshopper
HMS Hollyhock
HMS Paladin
HMS Porpoise
HMS Quilliam
HMS Stonehenge
HMS Stratagem
HMS Ulster
HMS Verulam
HMS Virago
HMS Volage
HM Tug Yin Ping

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 Building 1/152<br>
 PP65<br>
 Victory View<br>
 HMNB Portsmouth<br>
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-*HMS Pembroke is a shore base not a ship.
+*HMS Pembroke is a shore base not a ship. It was  Chatham Naval Barracks and also home of the Coast guard Service. It is now part of the University of Greenwich.
-It's Chatham Naval Barracks and also home of the Coast guard Service.
-Ended up in the University of Greenwich.
+==Royal Navy Links==
+*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk Researching the Mariners and Ships of the Merchant Marine and the World's Navies]
+*[http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/ Portsmouth Historic Dockyard]
+*[http://www.sailingnavies.com/index.php Sailing Navies-Naval Operations During the Period 1650-1850]
+*[http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/Index.html Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels]
+*[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk The Ships and Their Fate]
-==Royal Navy Links==
+*[http://rmhh.co.uk/mariners.html Merchant Navy and Royal Navy Information]
+*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKRNMainBases.htm The Mariners Mailing List- Main Bases, Training Schools and RN Air Stations]
-*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk Researching the Mariners and Ships of the Merchant Marine and the World's Navies]
-*[http://www.flagship.org.uk/welcome.html Royal Naval Museum]
-*[http://www.sailingnavies.com/index.php Sailing Navies Navies of the world]
-*[http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/Index.html Ship Index A List of Early Naval Ships along with dates for each vessel]
-*[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk The Ships and their Fate]
-*[http://rmhh.co.uk/mariners.html Merchant Navy and Royal Navy information]
-*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKRNMainBases.htm The Website of the Mariners mailing list Main Bases, Training Schools and RN Air Stations]
-*[http://www.hmsexeter.com/biographies/exeterabc.html WW2 HMS Exeter crew lists Includes Rank some Navy / service numbers POW/ KIA]
-*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKRNMainBases.htm Shore Bases and Training Establishments]
 *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/guide/navy/default.htm TNA Navy Research]
-*[http://home.swipnet.se/~w-11578/research.htm Naval Research-some helpful hints]
-*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKRNPersonnel.html The Website Of The Mariners Miling list Royal Navy Personnel Records]
+*[http://home.swipnet.se/~w-11578/research.htm Naval Research]
-*[http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk Modern day Royal Navy]
+*[http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk Modern Day Royal Navy]
 *[http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History - Index]
-*[http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk Nelson-Navy Life in Royal Navy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth century]
-*[http://www.ageofnelson.org Royal Navy officers who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815, and the seamen and marines who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.]
+*[http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk Nelson-Navy Life in Royal Navy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century]
+*[http://www.ageofnelson.org The age of Nelson]
 *[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG1.html Naval Officers 1849]
-*[http://www.navylist.orgNaval Biographical Database People,Places,Ships,Organisations and Events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660]
+*[http://www.navylist.org Naval Biographical Database People,Places,Ships,Organisations and Events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660]
 *[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.html Ships in Port 1881 Census]
 *[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/royal.htm The World's Navy Ships From The Nineteenth Century to the Present Day]
-*[http://www.naval-history.net Naval history First and Second World Wars, campaign summaries and more.]
+*[http://www.naval-history.net Naval history First and Second World Wars, Campaign Summaries and More.]
 *[http://www.hmshood.com The H.M.S. Hood Association]
-*[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london  Maritime London Discover the past, explore the present]
+*[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london  Maritime London Discover The Past, Explore The Present]
 *[http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org Royal Naval Museum]
 *[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKRNMainBases.htm Main Bases, Training Schools and RN Air Stations]
 *[http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/pre-dread.htm Pre-dreadnought Battleships]
-*[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/j0300001.htm This site records the Battle of Otranto Straits 15th May 1917]
-*[http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/pre-dread.htm Pre-dreadnought Battleships]
+*[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/j0300001.htm The Battle of Otranto Straits 15th May 1917]
-*[http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/index.htm Portsmouth Memorials search by ship or name]
-*[http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/wooton/34/horthy/06.html THE NAVAL BATTLE OF OTRANTO]
+*[http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/wooton/34/horthy/06.html The Naval Battle of  Otranto]
+*[http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/index.htm Memorials & Monuments In Portsmouth]
 *[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/RNShips.html 1901 Census - Royal Navy Ships]
-*[http://www.lancastria.org.uk/home.html The sinking of the troopship Lancastria]
-*[http://www.navylist.org/ People,Places,Ships,Organisations and Events associated  with  the  Royal  Navy  since  1660]
+*[http://www.lancastria.org.uk/home.html The Sinking Of The Troopship Lancastria]
 *[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_ajax.htm HMS Ajax]
 ==Records and Medals==
 Navy Records
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 Portsmouth<br>
 POL 3LS<br>
 Officers born before 1914 and Ratings enlisted before 1924,
 *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk The National Archives]
 Ratings enlisted after 1924
 NPP Accounts 1, AFPAA<br>
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 Hampshire<br>
 PO13 9XA<br>
 *[http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.4330 Obtaining Royal Navy Service Records & Medals]
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 *[http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100p005002003003 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Contacts]
-==World War 2 Crewlists for==
+*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/service_records/naval_sr.htm Naval Service Records for the First World War]
+==World War 2 Crewlists==
 *[http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/ Force Z-Survivors Association (POWRSA)]
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 *HM Tug Yin Ping
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+Back to [[Main Page]]
+Back to [[Military]]
-Back to [[Military]]
+Back to [[General History]]

Difference between revisions of "The Royal Navy"

Latest revision as of 09:28, 12 September 2022

Contents

Royal Navy Links

Records and Medals

World War 2 Crewlists