Links

NEW! Ships Badges - Ships' Badges specialise in producing high quality, hand finished cast brass badges and other brass products.

NEW! Pipe the Side- Naval memories of David M Willis, whose service included a period on the Tribal Class Frigate HMS Tartar.

NEW! - Old Shipmates - Make contact with old shipmates and friends electronically!

NEW! - Tyneside Shipyards - A new site which aims to provide present day information and history regarding Tyne shipbuilders.

NEW! - Clydesite - Industry News & Directory for shipping on the River Clyde. Includes many photographs and message board. Well worth a visit.

General World Navy Sites

Battleships, Carriers and All Other Warships A huge site with a mammoth amount of information on warships of the world. It also has a number of message boards including 'Naval Help Requests' (for any information or help your looking for) and 'Royal Navy'.

Haze Gray & Underway- fleet lists, Photo Galleries, FAQ's

Official Royal Navy Related Sites

Ministry of Defence- Offical website of the MoD- press releases, policy documents and links to the various forces websites.

Official Royal Navy Site This site contains information on present ships and aircraft of the fleet, future warships, news, upcoming events and much more.

Strategic Defence Review- the Labour governments 1998 White Paper on the future of the armed forces.

RV Triton- Dera Trimaran Project Website. A site focusing on the experimental trimaran vessel, RV Triton, currently under construction of the Defence Research Evaluation Agency (DERA). Artists impressions, pictures of Triton under construction, technical information etc..

Defence Procurement Agency- Information on procurement projects of the armed forces

NATO- Official home of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary- Webpage detailing the ships and activities of the RFA.

House of Parliament- Searchable Hansard records.

General Royal Navy Sites

British Royal Navy- News, information on ships, aircraft and future vessels and a picture gallery.

Gustav's Royal Navy Page- A small site with pictures, badges and statistics of some of the Royal Navy's most modern vessels.

Andrew Bett's Unofficial Royal Navy Homepage- Information on Royal Navy ships and aircraft currently in service with large, high quality pictures.

Alisdair's Royal Navy Page: A comprehensive and detailed site covering the modern Royal Navy including: ships, submarines, ranks, common abbreviations, future vessels & more. Recommended.

British Forces -A site covering all aspects of Britain's armed forces- Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, Commonwealth Forces, conflicts and more.

Soverign's Royal Navy site- three main parts: the Future of the Royal Navy and the Falklands War and a Gallery.

Royal Navy History Sites

Royal Navy History Site- Historical events, ships badges, Falklands and more.

Royal Navy of WWII- A class by class guide to the major warships of the Second World War..

Naval History Online Database- Database of warships in service in World War Two.

The Nelsonian History Page- A naval history page.

Holland- A page about John Phillip Holland and his submarines.

Specific Royal Navy Sites

The Unofficial Royal Fleet Auxiliary Site- An excellent site on the R.F.A, an essential but often forgotten component of Britain's modern armed forces. This site includes a class by class look at the R.F.A ships currently in service, many spectacular photographs and an outline of the role of the R.F.A.

Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines: A site dedicated to the World famous military band.

British Submarines- Dedicated to the Silent Service. A class by class guide to every submarine in service with the Royal Navy since the first submarine Holland I (1901) to the nuclear giants which are the capital ships of the modern Royal Navy.

Submarines of the Royal Navy - A comprehnsive ship-by-ship guide to submarines of the Royal Navy. Also features infomation on Submarine VCs, australian submarines and more.

U Boat Net- A brillaint, comprehensive and large site on U-Boats, the one weapon that nearly brought Britian and the Royal navy to its knees.

British Submarines of World War Two- A complete list of WWII submarines.

News

Navy News- The online version of the RN's newspaper. Features include news, 'ship of the month' section , archives and a notice board

This Is Plymouth

The News- Portmsouth's local newspaer which includes Daily Shipping Movements for Portsmouth and Southampton. Very useful if you are planning a visit to Portsmouth Dockyard.

Associations

The Ton Class Association- A site dedicated to the Ton Class minesweepers of the Royal Navy and affiliated ships such as the 'Ham' and 'Ley' class that together made up the backbone of the Royal Navy's mine warfare fleet and played an important part in fishery protection, inshore patrol etc. This promises to be an extremely comprehensive web site with pictures, newspaper cuttings and information on each vessel.

H.M.S Caviler Association- Lots of information on the last surviving Second World War Destroyer which has been preserved as a museum ship at Chatham.

H.M.S Solebay Association- Association of the Battle Class Destroyer, H.M.S Solebay which served in the Navy between 1944-1962.

H.M.S Tenby Association- Dedicated to the Type 12 Frigate.

Aircrewmans Association- Association for the Aircrewman branch of the Royal Navy with details of helicopters operated by the Fleet Air Arm as well as the Bismark and Taranto operations.

Submariner Association (Barrow-in-Furness Branch)- An association that aims to uphold the traditions and spirit of the Silent Service.This site contains information on the upcoming Submarine Service centenary celebrations to be held at Barrow.

H.M.S Ganges Association- Association for HMS Ganges, the Royal Naval Training Establishment for boys at Shotley Point.

H.M.S Hermione Association- Dedicated to the Dido Class cruiser and the Leander Class frigate both named Hermione.

H.M.S Newfoundland Association- Association of the Colony Class Cruiser.

H.M.S Caprice Association: Site focusing on the World Cruise undertaken by this "Geryhound" destroyer

Battlecruiser Hood- the official H.M.S Hood Association.

H.M.S St. Vincent Association- An association ' for all who trained or served on H.M.S St Vincent.

H.M.S Diomede Association- Association for both the cruiser and the Leander Class frigate.

HMS Repulse Reunion Association- Resolution Class Polaris Submarine.

Individual Ships

Tribal Warfare- Site about the Type 81 Tribal Class Frigates.

H.M.S Broadsword Falklands '82- an account of the Type 22's involvement in the Falklands War.

INS Dakar- The Royal Navy submarine Totem was presented with a real totem pole by a Native American tribe. It was said that if she ever left port without it she would never return. When she was sold to Israel the totem pole was removed. But as the Israeli 'Dakar' she was lost with all hands…this site is dedicated to the Dakar and has information on her recently discovered wreck.

H.M.S Hood- Statistics and general information concerning this famous warship, launched in 1918.

H.M.S Berry Head- Remembering this escort maintenance ship launched during the Second World War .

H.M.S Nelson- A site dedicated to a crew member of H.M.S Nelson.

The Upholder Submarines- Web site for the Worshipful Company of Upholder (Upholsterers) with a section on the two ships named Upholder, the first of which was one of Britain's most distinguished wartime submarines..

Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers- Lots of stunning pictures of three of Britain's most famous 'carriers- Ark Royal, Eagle and Victorious.

The Hood and the Bismark- Documents the confrontation between these mighty vessels.

H.M.S Rodney- History, photographs, crew lists and specifications of this battleship.

H.M.S Warrior 1860- Concentrates on the revolutionary vessel now preserved at Portsmouth Dockyard.

H.M.S Slinger- Escort Carrier- technical information, pictures etc..

HMS London- Famous cruiser involved in the Yangtze Incident

HMS Belfast- The World War Two cruiser now preserved on the River Thames.

HMS Belfast- Part of the livesights ThamesCam web page- pictures taken of Belfast when she was towed to Portsmouth in 1991 for repairs.

H.M.S Cardiff: Liberating Kuwait on the D108: A website dealing the Type 42 Destroyers' particpation in the Persian Gulf War. Includes timeline, diaries, photos, memories and more.

H.M.S Ramillies- A collection of photos taken by a salior on this famous battleship.

H.M.S Spartan- Swiftsure Class nuclear submarine.

Historical Events

Vincent 2000- Details the Battle of Cape St Vincent.

WW2 Cruiser Operations- Covers the operations of cruisers of the major powers during the Second World War- pictures, paintings, information etc

Britain's Small Wars- Comprehensive guide to the various post 1945 conflicts involving British armed forces. Includes Suez, Falklands, Gulf and many more. They also run this Yahoo! Club.

The Falklands War: Media, Government, and History- A well researched essay on the media involvement in the 1982 Conflict.

The War Pages- Detailing some of Britain's recent conflicts.

History/ General Interest

The Marine Society- A web site with amongst many other things lots of information on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and in particular R.F.A Fort George.

Pirates for Peace- NI charity restoring ex HMS Enterprise.

Ships The web site of the British magazine of the same name. It has information on the Leander Class frigates, British submarines, the Ships Disposal and Reserve Organisation, the Royal Navy Reserve and the Merchant Navy.

Technology

Naval Technology- An impressive web site about future warships and construction programmes containing large amounts of information and many high quality pictures as well as links to defence industries.

Pictures

Royal Navy Warships A-Z 1880-1950- A comprehensive picture library of royal Navy warships.

The Royal Navy Picture Gallery- Pictures of Royal Navy ships from submarines to survey ships. Also links to many other navy-related photo sites.

Gary's World War Two Photos- Many of Britain's finest warships covered in this fascinating collection of old photographs.

Museums

Royal Navy Submarine Museum- Located at H.M.S Dolphin, Gosport, Hampshire the Royal Navy submarine museum is home to H.M.S Alliance and the Royal navy's first submarine Holland I.

Royal Navy Museum- Portsmouth.

Fleet Air Arm Museum- The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) Museum, RNAS Yeovilton.

Royal Marines Museum

Portsmouth Historic Ships- Web page of Flagship Portsmouth' incorporating the Royal navy museum, .M.S Victory, H.M.S Warrior 1860, the Mary Rose, Dockyard Apprentice Museum and 'Warships by Water' tour.

Chatham World Naval Base- home to preserved warships Ocelot, Gannet and Cavilier.

Commercial

Maritime Books- On-line catalogue of Royal Navy and warship books as well as details for the magazine 'Warship World'.

Warships International Fleet Review- Web page concerning the Warships International Fleet Review magazine'. Details of current and upcoming issues.

Personal

The Senior Service- A site by Captain C.Webster RN (RTD) and Commodore S.Cassels RN (RTD) detailing their naval experiences and views on the current fleet.

Les Sheen's Royal Navy Service- Details the career of Les Sheen who served aboard H.M.S Glory, Finisterre and various landing craft.

H.M.S Brazen- Frank Dunn's Naval Homepage

David Axford- Life in the Royal Navy- Details of career and vessels including H.M.S Fearless.

Don's Green Goffer Page- Life on various ships including Albion, Urchin, Ocean, Cumberland and Boston.

Ian's Navy Days- Life on H.M ships Bulwark and Wilton. Some interesting memories.

Royal Navy Ships of Vicor Johns- H.M Ships Resolution, Mauritius, and Intrepid are just some of the ships recalled at this site.

Bill Dalton's Homepage- Life on three Royal Navy submarines: Ambush, Token and Ultor.

Kev's Great Nautical Pages- Recollections of Naval service, amoungst other nautical related items.

H.M.S. Ganges to Terror- Memories and details of HM Ships Echo, Bermuda, Terror, Jaguar, Ganges, Obdurate, Pembroke

Newsgroups

sci.military.naval - discussions of anything naval or warship related.

alt.binaries.pictures.military - some naval and warship related pictures posted occasionally.

rec.aviation.military.naval - discussions regarding naval aviation.

alt.military.uk - discussions and info regarding British armed forces.

uk.people.ex-forces - for ex British service personnel.

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