Michael Phillips, Jane Phillips

• "Ships of the Old Navy" An alphabetical, anecdotal history of the sailing warships of the Royal Navy from approx. the 1780s to the 1840s. This is in a state of constant revision as new material is added.

• "Ships of the Old Navy 2" A companion history of Royal Naval ships from the 18th century, starting in the 1690s. This is still being written; date of latest additions is shown at bottom of each page.

  A Primer on Sailing Warships - facts and figures. has been transferred from the Plymouth Naval Base Museum web-site which has now closed.

• The Liverpool Nautical Research Society This important society is now over 60 years old and has a close link with the Merseyside Maritime Museum. New pages have been added, incuding the story of the White Star Liner Georgic.

• Lighthouses Introducing the Association of Lighthouse Keepers and the Journal Leading Lights.

• The Shaw Savill Society Formed by former menbers of the Shaw, Saville & Albion Company after it discontinued as an independent shipping company.

• "LIVESIGHTS." This link takes you to a live video camera which has been installed, in conjunction with The Imperial War Museum, on the jetty leading to HMS Belfast on the River Thames near Tower Bridge. .

• The Naval Chronicles Seven complete volumes (over 3,500 pages) and major extracts from the first six volumes (1799-1801) are available on CDROM.

• "PORT" is the important electronic service from the Centre for Maritime Research, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, which will help you find information related to maritime studies on the World Wide Web. The N.M.M also publishes the on-line Journal of Maritime Research.

• The National Archives - The catalogue of the UK Public Record Office (The National Archives) at Kew in West London is on line.

• The Spirit of Enterprize a new topsail schooner to be built in Washington, DC.

• See the link to the fascinating new website for the 1607 Popham Colony of Maine and the VIRGINIA pinnace in Section 8 - A Learning Experience.

• ACADEMIC COURSES, SEMINARS & LECTURES in Maritime History. To draw your attention to some of the study courses which are availabe and notices of forthcoming lectures.

• A link to The HAKLUYT SOCIETY, for everyone interested in the history of exploration and travel.

• Many of the great Victorian adventure books for boys by Capt. Frederick Marryat and R.M.Ballantyne are available on line as E-Texts at ATHELSTANE, and there are more to follow.

• ABACCI BOOKS is a virtual bookstore which combines the free downloads of classic books from Project Gutenberg with reviews and the option of hard copy ordering from Amazon. Includes categories on Nautical and Historical themes.

• The Last Wave at Port Chicago by Peter Vogel. The result of a 20 year investigation into the July 17 1944 explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine. This web-based book chronicles the total history of the explosion and connections with Los Alamos and the Manhatten Project. (Text in .pdf with chapter introductions in html) There is a resource for students and teachers from The Contra Costa County Office of Education concerning the Port Chicago disaster.

• In New York City? - Visit the South Street Seaport Museum in Manhattan. They have an interesting program of lectiures and readings throughout the summer, with free admission (suggested $3 donation), that I have listed on the SSSM Page

• Plymouth Central Library - Local and Navy Studies Deparment. This library of naval studies, both historic and current, is one of the few in the UK which is open to the general public.

• Jane Campbell is transcribing extracts from old local newspapers on Merseyside. These include shipping news, passenger and crew lists and emigration to Australia and America. Continually updated.

• The Age of Nelson has three important Data Bases covering Sea Officers of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars, The Men of Trafalgar and the Sons & Daughters of Trafalgar. (CD Available) In addition there are scholarly articles and contemporary accounts.

• Do not miss my New Books Page for books on maritime subjects that I especially recommend
  The latest books are -
  Scapa Flow, From Graveyard to Resurrection. Ed. by Simon Mills.
  Admiralty Salvage Vessels. by David Sowden,
  The Nelson Companion by C. Maynard,
  Pearl Harbor to Tokyo and Beyond, by Eugene McClarty.
  The Wreck of the WILLIAM BROWN, by Tom Koch
  Sink or be Sunk, Paul Estronza La Violette (Click on his name to view his website for details of other interesting books)
  Heart of Oak, James McGuane
  What Britain Knew and Wanted to Know about U-Boats, J.P.M.Showell
  Hubert Cance, who produces fine colour prints of ships, now has a web-site at http://unicorn.artshop.monsite.wanadoo.fr

• The Maritime Books published by the Newcastle City Library are listed HERE.

• LINKS to Naval Societies and other related sites.

1st January 2006.
The number of text pages downloaded in the seven days to 19th Oct. 2005 from this site was 18,313

George Sallet author of The Six Long Years.
Extracts from his autobiography of an American destroyer sailor throughout the Pacific War form a continuing series.
Part 17 has been added, This goes back to fill in a gap in the story between Dec 12 1941 and Jan. 25 1942. At last, after a long delay, Parts 22, 23 and 24 have been added, taking the story to 27 May 1945
Jump to Part 20

• Teneriffe 1797
• "Oh God! Is it Possible?"
• The Arctic Voyage - 1773
• The Funeral of a Hero -1806
• From Such Humble Roots
• Trying Times
• The Women in Nelson`s Life - Part 1
• The Women in Nelson`s Life - Part 2
• Books to Read A selection of books on Lord Nelson and his times.
  
• My life of Nelson Some musings by Jane
  
• Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean 1799-1800, a Conference Report.
  

• Ships of the American Revolution

• The Mayflower, English Emigration to New England and Ocean Navigation

• See also the Sailing Warship Pages

• The Popham Colony of Maine, 1607 An introduction and link to an intriguing web site about the settlement which beat the Pilgrims by 13 years and constructed New England`s first ship.

• A special biography of Sir John Franklin was prepared to commemorate the anniversary. Now includes three 19th century drawings and some important new references to other WWW sites.

• A biography of George Back, from his own journals. As a young midshipman he was one of Franklin`s companions on his first journey to the Canadian North West, later he became an Arctic explorer in his own right.

• Death in the Arctic by Kevin Stock

• HMS Resolute

• Extracts from The Illustrated Arctic News, 1850-51

• Sir John Ross and the 1829 Arctic Expedition

• CSS Albemarle, the Confederate iron-clad ram,
  
• USS Monitor,

• SEE The Journal of the War of 1812 and a new War of 1812 Website
• The Attack on Washington, 1814 NEW 1 Jan.06
  
• The Chesapeake and the Shannon Now incudes official letters from both sides.
  
• Chesapeake - the American courts martial With additional information.
  
• So Uneasy a ShipA History of the Chesapeake by Joseph Mosier.
  
• The War on Lake Champlain With copies of original British and American Documents.
  
• General Macomb`s report on the Battle of Plattsburg
  
• Volunteers for The Lakes Walking from St John, N.B. to Kingston, Ont. January to March 1814. An updated version with more information. See also The New Book Section
  
• "What Ship is That?" The PRESIDENT -LITTLE BELT Affair, By Joseph Mosier.
• The Cruise of the USS ESSEX -from the official reports of Capt. David Porter USN and Capt. James Hillyar RN.
• The Adventures of John Gamble-A sequel to the USS Essex story
• The American Flotilla in the Delaware - July 1813
• The Battle of Craney Island by Joseph Mosier.
• Prisoners of War - 1813 Lists of American and British naval prisoners of war.
  
• "Captures by Royal Naval Vessels 1812" July-September on Irish Station
  
• "Captures by Royal Naval Vessels 1812" June-December
  
• "Captures by Royal Naval Vessels 1813" February-March

• "The Schooner Enterprize" by Michael Bosworth. A history -- and recently discovered plans.
  On October 5 the newly formed National Maritime Heritage Foundation formally announced the launch of a program to build a double topsail schooner
  
  SPIRIT OF ENTERPRIZE

• Official Letters from the War on the Lakes, 1. The first of a series.
  
• Official Letters from the War on the Lakes, 2.

• The Double Escape of the Schooner Fox David Hodgdon has transcibed the story of an American trading schooner in 1812.
  
• Documents relating to the capture of the U.S.S. President in January 1815.
  

• Forgotten Cruiserwarrior, SMS Dresden, by Robert F. Smith
• British Submarines in the Dardanelles - B-11Part 1 Submarine exploits in 1914-15.
• There is an interesting follow-up to Part 1 with extra information added March `98.
  
• British Submarines in the Dardanelles - E-14 Part 2
  
• British Submarines in the Dardanelles - E-11 Part 3
  
• British Submarines in the Dardanelles - The loss of E-14 A remarkable letter describing her last operation.

• Naval Operations
  With links to -
  
• The 35cm gun of the Improved Tegetthoff class battleships by Erwin Sieche
  
• Post war Distribution of ex Austro/Hungarian Warships by Erwin Sieche
  
• The attack on the Otranto Barrage
  
• The attack on the Wien

• a link to www.lareau.org a web site which has much information on the BOUNTY and related subjects, including two papers by Ian Campbell, `Mr Bligh`s Bad Health` and a study in Events Matrixing.

• `Captain Bligh`s Awful Voyage.` by Ian Campbell. Health, Personality & Relationships on board HMS PROVIDENCE & HMS ASSISTANT, the second breadfruit voyage -
  
  Preface
  
  Introduction and text
  Chronology
  Sources
  
  
• Capt. Peter Heywood RN, a biographical sketch.

• The Lower St. Lawrence River Maritime History Site

  On this very interesting site G.R. Bossé of Quebec is publishing some accounts of his researches into more than 7000 early 19th century shipwrecks along the St Lawrence River. Have you documentary evidence or access to sources that might help?
  

• Introducing Newly Published Books on Maritime subjects

• A new section introducing printed publications and videos that will be of interest to readers.

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• ***Seeking old shipmates - contact information***