Maritime service branch of the British Armed Forces

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Pensions appeal tribunal (assessment) [form] / Ministry of Pensions.

Demobilization ration book : soldier, sailor, or airman.

George, Prince Regent, in uniform holding out a swollen hand which is supported by Wellington; representing the enormous amount of money given to the army compared with the navy. Coloured lithograph, 1816.

A French and a British sailor clasping hands in front of the spirit of Lord Nelson; representing Anglo-French naval cooperation in World War I. Colour process print, 191-.

A French and a British sailor embrace, with their ships inset below; representing alliance between the French and British navies. Coloured photographic postcard, 191-.

Naval officers and men on a ship, dressed in the uniform of nine labelled ranks of the Royal Navy. Wood engraving.

Diary of transference / [War Office].

Slave ships on the ocean. Wood engraving by Smyth, 1858.

The Tudor Navy : an administrative, political, and military history / David Loades.

The story of a naval doctor / R.W. Mussen.

Raising the dead : the skeleton crew of Henry VIII's great ship, the Mary Rose / A.J. Stirland.

The diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board His Majesty's Ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, anno 1675 to 1679 / Now first published from the original MS. with biographical and historical notes.

The new Navy list, containing the names of all the commissioned officers ... also the masters, medical officers, pursers, chaplains, schoolmasters and the officers on full pay of the royal Marines ... / Compiled by Charles Haultain. No. XIII. February, 1843.

The wounding of Lord Robert Manners on the Resolution, at the battle of Dominica. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin and C. Sherwin, 1786, after T. Stothard.

The battle of Alexandria: Sir Ralph Abercromby (Abercrombie) is wounded in the thigh. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 180-, after R. Pollard.

Field medical card / [War Office].

A copy of statistical report of the health of the Navy for.

Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants.

A short account of the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen, particularly in the Royal Navy / [Sir Gilbert Blane].

The ship-master's medical assistant; or physical advice to all masters of ships who carry no surgeons ... containing a brief description of diseases ... peculiar to seamen ... with a concise method of cure ... / By a surgeon of the Royal Navy. [Anon].

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A copy of statistical report of the health of the Navy for.

The wounding of Lord Robert Manners on the Resolution, at the battle of Dominica. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin and C. Sherwin, 1786, after T. Stothard.

Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants.

A short account of the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen, particularly in the Royal Navy / [Sir Gilbert Blane].

The ship-master's medical assistant; or physical advice to all masters of ships who carry no surgeons ... containing a brief description of diseases ... peculiar to seamen ... with a concise method of cure ... / By a surgeon of the Royal Navy. [Anon].

Royal Navy

Images from the collections

Images produced by Royal Navy

Images referencing Royal Navy

Works from the collections

A copy of statistical report of the health of the Navy for.

The wounding of Lord Robert Manners on the Resolution, at the battle of Dominica. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin and C. Sherwin, 1786, after T. Stothard.

Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants.

A short account of the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen, particularly in the Royal Navy / [Sir Gilbert Blane].

The ship-master's medical assistant; or physical advice to all masters of ships who carry no surgeons ... containing a brief description of diseases ... peculiar to seamen ... with a concise method of cure ... / By a surgeon of the Royal Navy. [Anon].

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