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- Aircraft carriers of WW2 - All aircraft carriers in WW2.
www.voodoo.cz/ww2car
- An Unofficial History of the Royal Navy - Dedicated to the men and women of the Royal Navy. Information available on the RND, Q-Ships, Naval Events, Naval Personnel, Ships Badges and a growing Naval Photographic section.
www.navalhistory.plus.com
- Australia's Maritime World - Australia's maritime history and current attractions, activities and adventures for sea, ship and shore lovers.
www.maritimeworld.net
- Ben Line - Unofficial tribute to the old British merchant navy company, its ships, and those that sailed on them. Photograhs of the ships, crew details and pictures, and related links.
www.ben-line.org.uk
- BIship - All subjects connected with the shipping company British India Steam Navigation.
www.biship.com
- Blue Funnel Line - Sail into the past and visit my Blue Funnel Line pages. From Astyanax and Automedon to Gastor and Nestor.
www.lairig.freeserve.co.uk/bluefunnel.htm
- Canadian Marine Transportation - Canadian Marine Transportation is dedicated to Canada's marine industry and nuatical heritage. Updated daily with relevant news and information.
ca.geocities.com/canadian_mariner
- Chicamacomico U.S. Lifesaving Station - The history of the Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station and the U.S. Life Saving Service along the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
www.chicamacomico.org
- Development of the Square-rigged Ship - The development of the square-rigged sailing ship from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 19th Century.
www.greatgridlock.net
- Eighteenth Century Shipbuilding - British merchant shipbuilders (as opposed to the Royal Dockyards) in the heyday of wooden ships and ship building 1700-1850.
www.ships.fsnet.co.uk
- English East India Company Ships - Details of English East India Company ships 1600-1834, including those captured, lost and wrecked. Also has details of seafarers in the English East India Company.
www.ships.clara.net
- Farewell to the China Boats - Reports of a three week voyage in lifeboats in World War II and photographs of cargo liners, especially Blue Funnel, and life at sea in the sixties.
www.pentredu.freeserve.co.uk
- Fishing? - It was "A WAY OF LIFE" and Lost at Sea - Names of fishermen and mariners lost at sea from Atlantic Canada, US East Coast and other countries. Reminiscences, photographs, newspaper articles about fishing from 1830s to present.
www.lostatsea.ca
- gone2sea - About people in the past who went to sea for a living. Information on the English East India Company and the Divers Index.
gone2sea.com
- Hakluyt Society - Promoting public knowledge of records on the history of exploration, navigation, maritime history and travels.
www.hakluyt.com
- International Journal of Naval History - A forum of naval history designed to stimulate naval historical research and to foster communication among naval historians. Current and archived issues, editorial board listings, letters, and submission guidelines.
www.ijnhonline.org
- Internet Naval History - Comprehensive guide to twentieth century naval history by a published naval author. Includes a guide to finding information on ex-naval relatives and the warships they served on.
www.naval-history.net
- Jolly Roger - Origin of the Jolly Roger pirate flag.
www.skullandcrossbones.org/main0.htm
- King Island Maritime Heritage Trail - A virtual tour via clickable map of shipwrecks, lighthouses, ports and related sites around this island between Australia and Tasmania.
www.kingisland.net.au/~maritime
- Latitude - The art and science of fifteenth century navigation.
www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi
- Marine Society of New York - A charitable and educational organization composed entirely of Captains or Officers of merchant vessels under the United States flag.
www.marinesociety.com
- Maritime Heritage Project - Passengers, ships, and captains arriving in San Francisco in the 19th century, plus news and tall tales of the Barbary Coast.
www.maritimeheritage.org
- Maritime History and Naval Heritage Index - A collection of articles covering all aspects of maritime history.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk/marit.htm
- Maritime History Citations for the Oxford English Dictionary - Historical nautical terminology.
www.d.umn.edu/~ahartley/marhistcitOED.html
- Maritime History Database - Aim is to identify and gather in one location many different sites providing resources for further maritime research.
ils.unc.edu/maritime/extsearch.html
- Maritime History On The Internet - A guide to researching maritime history on the internet.
ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.shtml
- MPL Great Lakes Marine Collection - Log books, vessel plans, and wreck reports.
www.mpl.org/files/central/greatlakes/glakes.htm
- Nafpaktos.com: The Naval Battle of Lepanto - Gives an account of the Oct-7, 1571 battle between the Ottoman and a united Christian fleets, along with scans of period maps and illustrations.
www.nafpaktos.com/battle_of_lepanto.htm
- NOVA: Longitude - NOVA Online presents the search for longitude.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude
- Robert Napier - The "Father of Clyde Shipbuilding".
www.fix.law-firm.co.uk/Napier.htm
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park - A fleet of historic vessels at Hyde Street Pier, a maritime museum, and library. Boatbuilding and woodworking workshops.
www.nps.gov/safr
- Schooner Man - A site for lovers of all tall ships.
www.schoonerman.com
- Seapower, 1652-1860 - A naval history of the age of the sail.
website.lineone.net/~d.bolton
- Ship Force Levels - U.S. Navy active ship force levels, 1917-1998.
www.history.navy.mil/branches/org9-4.htm
- Ship Names - An alphabetical list of US Navy ships.
www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/name.htm
- Steamship Historical Society of America Collection - One of the largest libraries in the North America devoted to the history of engine powered vessels.
www.ubalt.edu/archives/ship/ship.htm
- The American Neptune - A quarterly journal of maritime history and arts.
www.pem.org/neptune
- The Battle of the Saintes - The 1782 naval battle which revolutionised naval tactics and changed Caribbean history for 200 years.
www.fortogden.com/saintes.html
- The Kentish Knock Company - Forum on military and naval history, especially the Anglo-Dutch Wars and history of warship design.
kentishknock.com
- The Mariners' Museum - Age of Exploration - On-line curriculum guide. Maritime discovery from ancient times to Captain Cook's 1768 voyage to the South Pacific.
www.mariner.org/age
- The Maritime History Virtual Archives - A compendium of naval history, seamanship, ships, duties of officers and men.
pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Nautica.html
- The Naval Order of the United States - The history and heritage society of the United States sea services.
www.navalorder.org
- The Texas Navies - Historical information and pictures of the three Texas Navies - the first two fighting in Texas' war with Mexico, the third being a modern association.
www.hal-pc.org/~longhorn
- The Voyage of 'de Liefde' - Researching the beginning of trade between Japan and the Netherlands.
www.deliefde.org
- Through Mighty Seas - Sailing ships and schooners of the North West of England, particularly Furness, Lancaster and the Isle of Man.
www.yachtingrid.demon.co.uk
- Traditional Boats and Tall Ships Magazine - A bi-monthly magazine for lovers of sail. Includes selected magazine articles, reviews, discussion forum, photo gallery, and related links.
www.tallship.co.uk
- Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific - Traditional navigation by Pacific islanders involves no compasses or charts.
www.museum.upenn.edu./navigation/Intro.html
- USN Ship Naming - Ship naming in the united states navy.
www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq63-1.htm
- World Ship Trust - International organization dedicated to preservation of historic ships, merchant and military.
www.worldshiptrust.org
- Haze Gray & Underway - Extensive naval history and photography site.
www.hazegray.org
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