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*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKRNMainBases.htm Shore Bases and Training Establishments]
 
*[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://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/guide/navy/default.htm TNA Navy Research]
 
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*[http://home.swipnet.se/~w-11578/research.htm Naval Research-some helpful hints]
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*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKRNPersonnel.html The Website Of The Mariners Miling list] Royal Navy Personnel Records
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*[http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk Modern day Royal Navy]
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*[http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History - Index]
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*[http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk Nelson Navy] Life in Royal Navy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth century
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*[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.]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG1.html Naval Officers 1849]
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*[http://www.navylist.orgNaval Biographical Database People,Places,Ships,Organisations and Events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.html Ships in Port 1881 Census]
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*[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/royal.htm The World's Navy Ships From The Nineteenth Century to the Present Day]
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*[http://www.naval-history.net Naval history First and Second World Wars, campaign summaries and more.]
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*[http://www.hmshood.com The H.M.S. Hood Association]
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*[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london  Maritime London Discover the past, explore the present]
  
  
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*HM Tug Yin Ping
 
*HM Tug Yin Ping
  
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Navy Records
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Royal Navy Records can be applied for using the following contact address details
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Officers aged 60 or under:
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*Naval Secretary (OMOBS)
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*Room 169
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*Victory Building
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*HM Naval Base
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*Portsmouth
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*POL 3LS
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Officers born before 1914 and Ratings enlisted before 1924,
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The National Archicves
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Kew
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www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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*Ratings enlisted after 1924
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*NPP Accounts 1, AFPAA
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*Centurion Building
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*Grange Road
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*Gosport
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*Hampshire
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*PO13 9XA
  
 
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Revision as of 20:06, 9 June 2007

The Royal Navy 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
Telephone Numbers: 02392 727531 / 723114 / 726063


Royal Navy Links




Records and Medals


World War 2 Crewlists for

  • 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



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 Archicves Kew www.nationalarchives.gov.uk


  • Ratings enlisted after 1924
  • NPP Accounts 1, AFPAA
  • Centurion Building
  • Grange Road
  • Gosport
  • Hampshire
  • PO13 9XA

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