The Royal Navy

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
Tel:02392 727531-723114-726063

• Veterans UK

• HMS Pembroke is a shore base not a ship. It was Chatham Naval Barracks and also home of the Coast guard Service. It is now part of the University of Greenwich.

Royal Navy Links

• TNA Navy Research

• Naval Research

• The Seaman's Grammar and Dictionary, 1691

• Lever's 1908 Dictionary of Sea Terms

• Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions - 1913

• Naval Operations During the Period 1650-1850

• Life in the Royal Navy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century

• The Age of Nelson

• Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History

• William Bligh and HMAV (HMS) Bounty

• Naval Biographical Database: People, Places, Ships, Organisations and Events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660

• Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels

• The World's Navy Ships From The Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

• Pre-Dreadnought Battleships

• Naval Officers 1849

• Ships in Port - 1881 Census

• Royal Navy Ships - 1901 Census

• The Ships and Their Fate

• Modern Day Royal Navy

• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

• The Mariner's Mailing List - Main Bases, Training Schools and RN Air Stations

• Main Bases, Training Schools and RN Air Stations

• Royal Naval Museum

• Naval History First and Second World Wars, Campaign Summaries and More.

• The U-Boat War

• The Battle of Otranto Straits 15th May 1917

• The Naval Battle of Otranto

• The Sinking Of The Troopship Lancastria

• H.M.S. Ajax

• The H.M.S. Hood Association

Articles from Family Tree Forum's Online Magazine:

• Norman's Story

• The Torpedo That Struck

• Accidental explosion

• Stubborn by name, stubborn by nature

• Chatham Dockyard

• Walter did well in a Naval career

• Served at Trafalgar

War Memorials

• War Memorials

Fleet Air Arm

• Fleet Air Arm Archives

Records and Medals

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 Archives

Ratings enlisted after 1924

NPP Accounts 1, AFPAA
Centurion Building
Grange Road
Gosport
Hampshire
PO13 9XA

• Obtaining Royal Navy Service Records & Medals

• Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Contacts

• Naval Service Records for the First World War

World War 2 Crewlists

• Force Z-Survivors Association (POWRSA)

• 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

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