by Max Adams

Head of Zeus, 2015.

an intimate portrait of a forgotten British naval hero and a thrilling portrait of the glory years in the age of sail.

Richard Hough

White Lion Publishers, 1973 (reprint).

the story of one of the most curious catastrophes in the annals of the British navy  –

the 1893 collision of the Victoria and Camperdown,  flagships of the first and second squadrons of the Mediterranean fleet.

Stopford, T.P.
Stone Frigate, 1996

Lt. Comm. Henry D. Capper

London, Faber & Gwyer, 1927.

an interesting volume of naval reminiscences from the later decades  of the 19th and early 20th centuries,  includes much on everyday life and social conditions in the Royal Navy,  and also includes a five year period as Ordnance Officer on the Australian Station.

royal navy, naval history

Miles, Lieutenant Lawford
London, Ackermann & Company, 1841

containing the rates of pay, general regulations, etc., etc.

HMSO, 1928.

also includes chapters on uniforms, entry procedures, pensions, medals, etc.

containing rates of pay, conditions of retirement, uniform regulations, entry regulations, etc., etc.

HMSO, 1947.

also includes chapters on uniforms, entry procedures, pensions, medals, etc.

the naval reminiscences of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore

by Sir Edward Ashmore

Sutton Publishing, 1997

an excellent memoir of Royal Navy career in the 1950’s to the 1970’s

by John Roberts

Caxton Editions, 2003.

a fine, well illustrated book on the development of the Royal Navy’s battlecruisers through the early decades of the 20th century.

complete with the folding plan of HMS ‘Queen Mary’ in the back pocket.