LINKS
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This page contains links to web sites and pages having to do with [Subject Area]. The information is divided into the following categories:
Mainly Pictures
Sites with little text but a wealth of pictures.
- Britain's Victorian Navy and Army in old photographs Steve Johnson's excellent site with special reference to H.M.S. Defiance, a famous Torpedo School and Submarine Mining Establishment near Plymouth, Devon, England.
- A-Z of British Royal Navy - 1880-1950 Another Steve Johnson site with over 700 photographs.
- Steam Ironclads Fine boats, fine ships, brave men,......amazing photographs! Yet another Steve Johnson site.
- Queen Victoria`s Navy A photographic tour of the pride of the Royal Navy from 1867 to 1897 again we can thank Steve Johnson.
- An Illustrated Treatise On Ammunition And Ordnance British 1880-1960 Yet another Steve Johnson site.
- Defending Victoria The armed vessels that defended what is now the State of Victoria Australia. Includes pictures of CERBERUS (Iron Monitor launched 1870. This sole survivor of the class and now a rusting breakwater in Port Phillip Bay)
- Russian Navy Photographs Photographs of Russian warships from 1860 to the present.
- Russian Armoured Fleet Some nice painting of the ships of this period.
- Elder's Naval Postcards A site dedicated to the postcards of the period some even scanned at a resolution to be used as windows wallpaper for the real enthusiast
- Captain Pugwash I know but I just had to slip this in!
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History
Links to sites offering a wealth of history.
- Pre-Dreadnought Preservation Mark Howells excellent site dedicated to the handful of Pre-Dreadnought armoured warships which still exist today.
- History of the Russian Navy An illustrated account of the history of the Russian Navy. Well worth a visit.
- History of the Chilean Navy
- WW1 The War at Sea Time to move on to a later period you can do no better than start at this excellent site.
- The National Maritime Museum The National home for maritime history and the source of plans, photos and paintings.
- US Naval History Department A US DoD run site with a wealth of information on the history of the US Navy.
- The WW1 document Archive pre 1914 page A wealth of documents relating to wars from 1856.
- Naval History Information Centre To quote the page The finest online naval history information with a strong US Bias.
- International Naval Research Organisation INRO is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the encouragement of the study of naval vessels and their histories, principally in the era of iron and steel warships (about 1860 to date).
- The Civil War Ironclads Page Ship specifications, photos, and excellent bibliography are just some of the site's strengths.
- The Great White Fleet An interesting site on the US Fleet that circumnavigated the world
- Ironclads Page Jackson Gamers' American Civil War naval and Ironclads page
- Historic Naval Ships Association Historic naval ships visitors' guide to some but not all historic warships that remain afloat.
- National Register of Historic Vessels Core Collection UK core collection of historic ships.
- A Guide to Maritime History Information on the Internet How to do Maritime History Research on the Internet.
- HMS Warrior The pride of Queen Victoria, Warrior revolutionised warship construction. Powered by steam and sail, she was the largest and fastest ship of her day. Her most radical innovation was her citadel - an armoured box housing her guns.
- Ironclad Warships And Forgotten Sea Battles A site dedicated to the battles of the era.
- Chinese Warships Museum A site in Chinese but lots of good photos. Just waiting on an English Language Version.
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Technical
The meat behind the history the few sites which cover the technical aspects.
- Centre for the History of Defence Electronics (CHiDE) Exactly as the title says CHiDE is a research centre in the School of Conservation Sciences at Bournemouth University in the UK.
- Third International Conference on the Technical Aspects of the Preservation of Historic Vessels Some interesting articles on the preservation of ships of this period.
- Triple Expansion Marine Engines An introduction to the backbone of marine propulsion for the period.
- Military Naval Technology A site covering there German navy from about 1880 - 1945 but also covers may other navies of the period.
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Miniatures and other resources
Where to get models of the ships of the period.
- Skytrex 1/1200th British & French Ironclads as well as there transitional range of 1840-1860.
- Hallmark For Figurehead Ships 1/2400 scale ships for Napoleonic Wars and the actions of the 1860s (Danish-Prussian War and Lissa 1866). Also 1/6000 WW1 and Pre WW1 ships.
- Navwar large range of 1:3000th scale model ships for both the collector and the wargamer. 1:1200th scale ships range from the Ancient period right up to American Civil War
- The Digital Navy Card stock models including a FREE German V108 torpedo boat model and now a model of the 1906 HMS Dreadnought.
- Thoroughbred ACW Minature
- Houston's Foreign Ships A listing of 1/1000 scale miniature naval vessels by TCS covering the period 1860-1905.
- PANZERSCHIFFE Large range of 1/2400 ACW and Russo-Japanese war vessels
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Naval Wargames
Recreate the battles and the might have beens - sources of rules and information on wargaming the period.
- Naval Wargames Society Formed in 1966 the NWS has been a strong source of inspiration for many dedicate naval wargamers. With branches throughout the UK and world wide membership what better place to start.
- Dave Manleys Homepage The man I can blame for re kindling my interest in naval wargaming. This site covers Dave's interests and supports his rule including Iron and Fire- for the American Civil War and Ironclad periods, Fire When Ready! - a set of pre-dreadnought rules covering the period 1880 to 1906 and Form Line of Battle 2 - a fast play set of Napoleonic naval rules.
- Smoke on the water
- Battlefleet The War Time Journal FREE Naval wargame rules for the turn-of-the-century, 1895-1905.
- Bonegames A FREE games site offering Sovereign Seas Lite offering Naval combat from 1860-1870 and Queen Victoria's Navy naval combat from about 1870-1905 email the team for the latest Public Beta version.
- Hard Steel Pre Dreadnought Rules.
- Web-Grognards The site for wargames on the web!
- Raider Operations An Internet, multi-player, simultaneous movement, real-time game which re-creates strategic level naval gunnery operations and the tactical battles that derive directly from the results of those operations in the period from 1898 to 1944.
- Len's Naval Wargame Page Includes Free Russio-Japanese Pre-Dreadnought rules TOGO.
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Societies
Societies connected with this era
- Naval Dockyard Society The society is concerned with recording the history of naval dockyards.
- Newcomen Society For people with an interest in the history of all engineering and technological disciplines from antiquity to the present day.
- Palmerston Forts Society The Society concerned with the preservation of the defences build to defend the south of England from French invasion.
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