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==General Links==
 
  
*[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.2594 National Maritime Museum's Guide to Researching Family History from Maritime Records]
 
  
*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk Researching the Mariners and Ships of the Merchant Marine and the World's Navies]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/Site.html Tracing British Seamen & their ships]
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*[http://rmhh.co.uk/mariners.html UK Mariners Site - All Things Nautical]
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*[http://www.boat-links.com/index.html  John's Nautical and Boatbuilding Pages]
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*[http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Nautica.html The Maritime History Virtual Archives]
 
 
 
*[http://rmhh.co.uk/mariners.html Merchant Navy and Royal Navy Information]
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.reach.net/~sc001198/Lloyds.htm Lloyds Register of Ships 1764-2003]
 
 
 
*[http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capintro.htm Index to Lloyds Captains' Register]
 
 
 
*[http://www.eogen.com/CensusRecordsUK Vessels & Enumeration in Census Records]
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/ The Ocean Liner Virtual Museum]
 
 
 
*[http://www.titanicarchive.com/History.aspx The Titanic]
 
 
 
*[http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/mariner9.htm Index of Ships' Captains] Australia and New Zealand
 
 
 
 
 
*See also [[Emigration_and_Immigration|'''Emigration and Immigration''']] for Shipping Lists and more Maritime Resources.
 
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==The Royal Navy==
 
 
 
*'''[[The Royal Navy]]'''
 
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==Merchant Shipping==
 
 
 
*'''[[Records of Merchant Seamen]]'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.merchant-mariners.co.uk/ The Federation Of Merchant Mariners]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/  Through Mighty Seas, Merchant sailing ships of the North West of England]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWI%20LOSSES%20INDEX.htm British Merchant Ship Losses in World War I]
 
 
 
*[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/merchant_navy_losses.htm Merchant Navy Losses in World War 2]
 
 
 
*[http://www.crewlist.org.uk/ The Crew List index project - Merchant seafarers on British registered ships between 1861 and 1913]
 
 
 
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100p005004 How to trace Merchant Navy personnel]
 
 
 
*[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.569 How to trace Merchant Mariners, mates and engineers who served in the Merchant Navy]
 
 
 
*[http://www.irishmariners.ie/ Irish Merchant Seamen 1918-1921]
 
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==Coastguards and Coastal Defences==
 
 
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty's_Coastguard HM Coastguard]
 
 
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/ British Coastguards 1841 - 1901 ]
 
 
 
*[http://www.hansonclan.co.uk/coastguards_1.htm History of The Coastguard With Particular Reference to Wick and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea]
 
 
 
*[http://www.nazeman.fsnet.co.uk/page3.html History of Walton on the Naze Coastguard 1851-1901]
 
 
 
*[http://www.coastguard.ukf.net/history.html A Brief History of The Tenby Coastguard Service]
 
 
 
*[http://www.isleofbarra.com/for-mariners/coastguard/history.html History of The Isle of Barra Coastguard]
 
 
 
*[http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=PORT1060946625 The Irish Coastguard Service From The 18th Century to The Early 20th Century]
 
 
 
*[http://www.martello-towers.co.uk/ The South Coast Martello Towers]
 
 
 
*[http://www.landguard.com/ Landguard Fort, Felixtowe]
 
 
 
*[http://www.theneedlesbattery.org.uk/ The Needles Battery]
 
 
 
*[http://www.newhavenfort.org.uk/history.htm Newhaven Fort]
 
 
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~palmiped/pillboxes/pillboxes.htm WW2 Coastal Defences Salthouse, Kelling & Weybourne, North Norfolk  ]
 
 
 
*[http://www.nothefort.org.uk/ The Nothe Fort, Weymouth]
 
 
 
*[http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/ The Palmerston Forts Society] Forts in Portsmouth Area
 
 
 
*[http://www.shorehamfort.co.uk/ Shoreham Fort]
 
 
 
*[http://www.whitstablescene.co.uk/forts.htm The Maunsell Sea Forts, Whitstable]
 
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==The Fishing Industry==
 
 
 
*[http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/l-20c/conflict/ww1/trawlers/intro.htm Hull Trawler Losses of World War One]
 
 
 
*[http://www.brixhamsailingtrawlers.co.uk/ The Brixham Sailing Trawlers Database]
 
 
 
*[http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/History%20of%20Fishing/History%20of%20Fishing.htm History of Fishing at Burton Bradstock]
 
 
 
*[http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/6BB72BF2-D1E3-4B8C-A3B7-DF8A7A30925A/0/FamilyHistoryFishingArchives.pdf A Guide to Family History in Hull and Grimsby Fishing Archives] (pdf file)
 
 
 
*[http://www.hastingsfish.co.uk/index.htm The Fishing Industry in Hastings]
 
 
 
*[http://www.polperro.org/fishing.html The Polperro Fishing Industry]
 
 
 
*[http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/ws1923/index.htm Irish Sea Herring Fisheries in the 18th and 19th Century]
 
 
 
*[http://www.scotfishmuseum.org/history.html A History of the Scottish Fishing Industry]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mearns.org.uk/stonehaven/genfish.htm The Stonehaven Fishing Industry]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mcaorals.co.uk/Fraserburgh%20Boats.htm The History of Fraserburgh's Fishing Fleet]
 
 
 
*[http://www.buckieheritage.org/ Buckie and District Fishing Heritage]
 
 
 
*[http://www.milfordtrawlers.org.uk/ Milford Haven Trawlers]
 
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==Lifeboats==
 
 
 
*[http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/grace_darling_museum Grace Darling Museum]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rnli.org.uk/Shorething/Youth/Crew/archives.aspx Shore Thing. Crew Member Archives of the RNLI]
 
 
 
*[http://www.whitby-yorkshire.co.uk/lifeboat/lifeboats.htm A Site Dedicated to The Lifeboat Men of Whitby Who Lost Their Lives in 1861]
 
 
 
 
 
Many other Lifeboat stations have their own history sites, often with old Crew Lists and Photographs - these include:-
 
 
 
*[http://www.aberystwythlifeboat.org.uk/ Aberystwyth]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations/BurnhamonCrouch/ Burnham-on-Crouch]
 
 
 
*[http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/rnli/ Burnham-on-Sea]
 
 
 
*[http://www.dover-lifeboat.org.uk/ Dover]
 
 
 
*[http://www.falmouthlifeboat.co.uk/ Falmouth]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cantabgold.net/users/ctm28/ Gravesend]
 
 
 
*[http://www.lymeregis.com/lifeboat/ Lyme Regis]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mumbleslifeboat.org.uk/history.html Mumbles]
 
 
 
*[http://portpatricklifeboat.co.uk/text/the_archives.htm Portpatrick]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ramsgatelifeboat.org.uk/ Ramsgate]
 
 
 
*[http://www.sheernesslifeboats.org.uk/ Sheerness]
 
 
 
*[http://www.shorehamlifeboat.co.uk/history.html Shoreham]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/StPeterPortGuernseyCI/history St Peter Port]
 
 
 
*[http://www.swanagelifeboat.org.uk/ Swanage]
 
 
 
*[http://www.thurso-lifeboat.org.uk/History.htm Thurso] 
 
 
 
*[http://www.waltonfrintonlifeboat.co.uk/ Walton and Frinton]
 
 
 
*[http://www.wellslifeboat.org/history.htm Wells-next-the-Sea]
 
 
 
*[http://www.whitstablelifeboat.org.uk/ Whitstable]
 
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==Lighthouses==
 
 
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Lighthouses/ Lighthouse Personnel in England, Wales and The Channel Islands c. 1790-1911]
 
 
 
*[http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/index.html Trinity House's Gallery of Lighthouses]
 
 
 
*[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/RN/Lighthouse_Maps/Lighthouses_North.html Map of UK Lighthouses in 1900, Scotland, Northern England and North of Ireland]
 
 
 
*[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/RN/Lighthouse_Maps/Lighthouses_South.html Map of UK Lighthouses in 1900, Southern England, The Channel Islands and South of Ireland]
 
 
 
*[http://www.nlb.org.uk/historical/historical.htm History of Scottish Lighthouses]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bellrock.org.uk/ Bellrock Lighthouse (off the Angus Coast)]
 
 
 
*[http://www.oldhigherlighthouse.com/history.html History of the Older Higher Lighthouse, Portland Bill]
 
 
 
*[http://www.happisburgh.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=31 A Brief History of Happisburgh Lighthouse]
 
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==Shipbuilding==
 
 
 
*[http://www.englandsnortheast.co.uk/Shipbuilding.html The Shipbuiliding Industry of North East England 1790-1899]
 
 
 
*[http://www.berwickshipyard.com/ Berwick on Tweed Shipyard]
 
 
 
*[http://www.clydesite.co.uk/articles/index.asp Clydeside Shipbuilding History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.lakestay.co.uk/shipbuild.html The Whitehaven Shipbuilding Industry]
 
 
 
*[http://www.chdt.org.uk/Discover/The_Dockyards_History/History.html Chatham Dockyard]
 
 
 
*[http://www.titanicinbelfast.com/welcome.aspx Titanic in Belfast~Harland & Wolff]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~handwapprentices/ Harland and Wolff Apprentices]
 
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==Shipping Companies==
 
 
 
*[http://www.shawsavillships.co.uk/index.htm The White Star, Shaw Savill and Albion Lines]
 
 
 
*[http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/cmbhistory.asp The Caledonian Macbrayne Fleet]
 
 
 
*[http://www.unioncastlestaffregister.co.uk/ The Union Castle Line - Staff Register]
 
 
 
*[http://www.dpandl.co.uk/dpl_mainintro.html?shipping_history.html=dpl_history.html The Dundee Perth and London Shipping Company]
 
 
 
*[http://www.seaview.co.uk/cruiselines/pando/PandO_History.html History of the P & O Shipping Company]
 
 
 
*[http://www.manchesterliners.co.uk/index.htm Manchester Liners Old Shipmates Association]
 
 
 
*[http://www.steam-packet.com/SteamPacket/About-Us/ The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company]
 
 
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==Shipwrecks==
 
 
*[http://www.shipwrecksofscotland.com/ Great British Shipwrecks]
 
 
*[http://www.divingweymouth.com/mainpages/wrecks.htm Dorset and Portland Shipwrecks]
 
 
*[http://www.theheritagecoast.co.uk/historyfile/portland_and_weymouth/wrecks/chesil_beach_shipwrecks.htm Chesil Beach Shipwrecks]
 
 
*[http://www.theneedlesbattery.org.uk/shipwrek.shtml Shipwrecks off The Needles, Isle of Wight]
 
 
*[http://www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/countryside/sound/shipwrecks.xml Isle of Man Shipwrecks]
 
 
*[http://www.corkshipwrecks.net/ Shipwrecks of Cork Harbour]
 
 
*[http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/shipwrecks/ Early Australian Shipwrecks]
 
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==Smuggling==
 
 
*[http://www.smuggling.co.uk/history.html A History of British Smuggling]
 
 
*[http://www.dorsetsmugglers.co.uk/ A History of Smuggling in East Dorset]
 
 
*[http://www.heritagepress.polperro.org/smuggling.html The History of Smuggling in Polperro]
 
 
*[http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Smuggling/Smuggling.htm Smuggling in and around Burton Bradstock]
 
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==Ports and Harbours==
 
 
*[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london  Maritime London]
 
 
*[http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/alpha_lists/pierlist.htm Piers of England]
 
 
*[http://www.portcities.org.uk/ Port Cities uk, Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London & Southampton]
 
 
*[http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/people/pilotage/channelpilots.htm Bristol Channel Pilots]
 
 
*[http://www.brixhamsailingtrawlers.co.uk/ Brixham Heritage Sailing Trawlers Archive]
 
 
*[http://www.helendoe.co.uk/ Tales of the Maritime Heritage of Cornwall]
 
 
*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/Royal%20Dockyard.htm Royal Dockyard Devonport]
 
 
*[http://www.grantontrawlers.com/index.htm Granton and Leith Trawlers]
 
 
*[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/alexgle/JMSBS.html Jersey Seaman's Benefit Society]
 
 
*[http://www.mersey-gateway.org/ The History of Maritime Liverpool]
 
 
*[http://www.liverpoolpilots.com/ Liverpool Pilots]
 
 
*[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/ Merseyside Maritime Museum]
 
 
*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/logbook.html Merseyside Shipping Snippets]
 
 
*[http://www.seayourhistory.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=113 History of Portsmouth Dockyard]
 
 
*[http://www.swmaritime.org.uk/ South West Maritime History Society]
 
 
*[http://www.bargetrust.org/ The Thames Sailing Barge Trust]
 
 
*[http://www.thamespilot.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=file&p=thames&f=thames.htm Thames Pilot]
 
 
*[http://www.cardiffmariners.org.uk/ Cardiff Mariners]
 
 
*[http://www.anglesey.info/Holyhead_Maritime_History.htm The Maritime History of Holyhead]
 
 
*[http://www.rhiw.com/y_mor/hanes_llongau_llyn/hotmap/hotmap.htm Maritime Llyn and the Sea.The Men, Ships and Ports of Llyn, Wales]
 
 
*[http://www.swanseamariners.org.uk/ Swansea Mariners]
 
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