Maritime History

General Sites

• UK Mariners Site-lots of links for all things Nautical

• Maritime History of the Merchant Sailing Shipsof the North West of England and the Isle of Man, through the period from the late 1700's until the First World War.

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

• The Mother of All Maritime Links-John's nautical links list

• The Maritime History Virtual Archives

• The Federation Of Merchant Mariners

• Vessels and enumeration in census

• Maritime Memorials for those that perished at sea

Place Specific

• Bristol Channel Pilots

• Cardiff mariners

• History of Portsmouth Dockyard

• Royal Dockyard Devonport

• Devonport Dockyard

• Merseyside maritime museum

• Sailing Navies

Nautical Terms

• The Seaman's Grammar and Dictionary, 1691

• A Dictionary of Sea Terms

Miscellaneous

• Biographies of the crew of The Bounty

• British Coastguards 1841 - 1901

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