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Publishing British naval documents and history since 1893. We'll post all the latest discoveries here...
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#OnThis Day in 1941 HMS Ark Royal, Britain’s first modern fleet carrier, sank after a torpedo attack by the German submarine U-81.

Read more on The Navy Records Society Members' Blog: www.navyrecords.org.uk/members_blog...

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November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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📚 New book by our member: The Dido Papers: the letters of A Victorian Midshipman
by John Johnson-Allen

HMS Dido went to West Africa, South and East Africa, the letters recount Bryan Godfrey Faussett's experiences as a young man between June 1879 - April 1881: buff.ly/vAtRZbs

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November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Latest from the Navy Records Society's Online Magazine: The Diary of T.F. Richards Part 4: Christmas Island, Borneo, Sumatra and Singapore, 1907. By Jane Wickenden.
Read it here: buff.ly/vY37PLS

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The Diary of T.F. Richards Part 4: Christmas Island, Borneo, Sumatra and Singapore, 1907 – The Navy Records Society
These fascinating descriptive passages are transcribed extracts from the diaries of Thomas F. Richards who, in 1906, was a Royal Navy Artificer (Engineer) Warrant Officer aged 30. This is the third…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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⚓ Did you know the Navy Records Society has published over 170 annual volumes in print and online? 📚

Discover the full collection: buff.ly/xuKTHBk

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Books – The Navy Records Society
The Navy Records Society publishes an annual volume in print and online. Each work presents previously unpublished documents on naval history, edited, introduced and given an analytical commentary by…
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October 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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📚 New book by our #NRS member

Callum Easton's compelling first book, 'The 1797 Naval Mutinies and Popular Protest in Britain: Negotiation through Collective Action', has been published by Palgrave Macmillan: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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The 1797 Naval Mutinies and Popular Protest in Britain
​This book offers a holistic re-evaluation of the Royal Navy mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797, and their significance for British society.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The Battle of Trafalgar took place #OnThisDay in 1805 ⚓
Discover an Eyewitness Account of the battle by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – in The Navy Records Society's online magazine: buff.ly/iGWYEvn

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Trafalgar Eyewitness Account by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – The Navy Records Society
This letter by Robert Hilton appears to be a collaborative account of the engagements of Trafalgar, as a surgeon’s mate would have been below deck during the battle.  Each of the surviving letters…
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October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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📜 ⚓ Coming to Navy Records Online: The Broomfield Tapes
The first transcript and discussion of this recording is now available to members: buff.ly/8oVs0hx

'Bill' Broomfield, a leading seaman aboard HMS Ramillies during #WW2 recorded his experience in 1987 - Alex Clarke reviews them for us
‘Blood even ran out of the voice pipe’: The Broomfield Tapes Part 1 – Hunting The Bismarck – The Navy Records Society
This post presents the first of three recordings from Bill W.E. Broomfield (known as Bill), a leading seaman aboard the battleship HMS Ramillies during the Second World War. The tapes were first…
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October 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Last month, we commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

In our Members' Blog Neil Jackson looked at a letter from HMS Swiftsure, which describes the action taken to reclaim the prized colonial possession of Hong Kong: buff.ly/12OhTLE

#VJDay #WW2 #navyhistory #Navyrecord
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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It is with great regret that the Society reports the death on October 12th of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Ben Bathurst (1936-2025), President of our Society between 1997 and 2014.

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Sir Benjamin Bathurst: In Memoriam – The Navy Records Society
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October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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⚓📜 Latest on the Navy Records Online Magazine: ‘Blood even ran out of the voice pipe’: The Broomfield Tapes Part 1 – Hunting The Bismarck – buff.ly/8oVs0hx

Recordings from Bill W.E. Broomfield, seaman aboard HMS Ramillies, recounting the hunting of the Bismarck in May 1941

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October 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1800: the Armed Cutter, Rose, became the first British ship to have been captured by the Dutch in the War of the Second Coalition #napoleonicwars whilst on a routine voyage.

Read an original account of the incident on the #NRS Online Magazine: buff.ly/4ArE3LY

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October 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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#OnThisDay in 1748, British naval forces, led by Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, clashed with a Spanish fleet in the Battle of Havana - the last major action of the War of Jenkins Ear (1739-1748).

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October 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Latest on the Navy Records Online Magazine: buff.ly/AzURZW8
This article introduces letters written by Midshipman Brian Godfrey-Faussett when serving on board HMS Dido in 1880.

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October 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Why did the Ark Royal Sink? – The Navy Records Society Members' Blog

On 14th nov 1941, Britain’s first modern fleet carrier was sunk after a torpedo attack by the German submarine U-81. Our member Paul Harrison explores records of the sinking.

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Why did the Ark Royal Sink? – The Navy Records Society
On 14th November 1941 HMS Ark Royal,  Britain’s first modern fleet carrier, sank after a torpedo attack by the German submarine U-81. The following year, acclaimed war correspondent Sir Herbert…
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October 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Highlights of Navy Records Online Magazine: Ronnie Russell’s Account of Operation Pedestal, 1942. Part 1: Glasgow to Gibraltar.

He served aboard the British cargo ship MV Clan Ferguson, which was sunk during the operation off the tip of Tunisia. Read More: buff.ly/diSvlqq

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September 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Highlights of Navy Records Online Magazine: Francis Martin Leake’s letters to his mother Part 2: Sub-Lieutenant & Lieutenant 1891-93

Letters sent home that record the coming-of-age of a young naval officer, whose career in the #RoyalNavy would see him become Vice-Admiral

Read more: buff.ly/ix0wB16
September 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Discover The Navy Records Society's annual volumes online: The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings: Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Keeper of the King’s Ships, 1422-1427 – Vol 123 (1982), Dr S. Rose buff.ly/xvZsvay

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The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings: Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Keeper of the King’s Ships, 1422-1427 – The Navy Records Society
A wonderful new online historical resource has just been launched: The Merchant Fleet of Late Medieval and Tudor England, 1400–1580. This database transforms our understanding of the evolution of…
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September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Highlights of Navy Records Online Magazine: The Narrative of William Owen, Part 3: Health and Victuals on HMS Tyger (1754)

The narrative relies on the eyewitness account Owen gives of the British struggle in the years 1755 to 1761 against Indian rulers and the French.

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September 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Discover The Navy Records Society's annual volumes online: Corrigenda to Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 – Vol 69 (1932), A.C. Dewar buff.ly/V2rLa26

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Corrigenda to Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 – The Navy Records Society
In 1930 when the Papers on the Dutch War were approaching completion, Mr A.C. Dewar was asked by the Council of the Navy Records Society, to look through the Dutch transcripts with a view to the…
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September 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Highlights of Navy Records Online Magazine: The Papers of Nelson’s Lieutenant, John Yule Part 1: 1801

Letters written by John Yule, who fought at both the battle of the Nile in 1798 & Trafalgar in 1805, and was a member of Nelson’s personal staff for several years.

Read more: buff.ly/EN57ImG
September 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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📚 New book by our member

'No More Napoleons, How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One' by Prof. Andrew Lambert

Giving the 2025 annual Peter N. Davies Memorial Lecture (#BCMH @NauticalHistory), Lambert launched his book at @warstudies : buff.ly/q8d1g36

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No More Napoleons, How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One by Prof. Andrew Lambert
This event marks the first public launch of the Laughton & Corbett Centre within the School of Security Studies at King’s College London. The Centre aims to link academics, policymakers,…
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September 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Highlights of Navy Records Online Magazine: The Diary of T.F. Richards Part 3: Gambling in Macau, 1906.

Richards gives us important information about ships met on station, coal consumption, his love of storytelling in the mess, and colourful descriptions of gambling.

Read more: buff.ly/RHYy5k5
August 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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📚 New book by our #NRS member

Mark Barton has released his latest publication, 'Fanning the Coals and Forging the Weapons'. Hardback is available for pre-orders via markbartonrn@gmail.com for £25, incl. free P&P within the UK. All profits will go to maritime historical charities.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Highlights of Navy Records Online Magazine: Journal of David Talbot Part 3: Action On Board HMS Calliope, 1810-1813

This article continues the extracts from the journals of David Talbot, who was impressed on the HMS Calliope & describes raids around the Dutch coast. Read more: buff.ly/VSmEL2
August 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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'Naval Patronage in the 18th Century: Exploring Obligation and Trust'

Catherine Beck shares how the papers and letters of Admiral John Markham, from the National Maritime Museum, inspired her research for her book. Plus, get 35% off your copy: buff.ly/ICz7X07

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August 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM