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#OnThis Day in 1941 HMS Ark Royal, Britain’s first modern fleet carrier, sank after a torpedo attack by the German submarine U-81.

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November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Latest from the Navy Records Society's Online Magazine: The Diary of T.F. Richards Part 4: Christmas Island, Borneo, Sumatra and Singapore, 1907. By Jane Wickenden.
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The Diary of T.F. Richards Part 4: Christmas Island, Borneo, Sumatra and Singapore, 1907 – The Navy Records Society
These fascinating descriptive passages are transcribed extracts from the diaries of Thomas F. Richards who, in 1906, was a Royal Navy Artificer (Engineer) Warrant Officer aged 30. This is the third…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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⚓ Did you know the Navy Records Society has published over 170 annual volumes in print and online? 📚

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Books – The Navy Records Society
The Navy Records Society publishes an annual volume in print and online. Each work presents previously unpublished documents on naval history, edited, introduced and given an analytical commentary by…
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October 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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The Battle of Trafalgar took place #OnThisDay in 1805 ⚓
Discover an Eyewitness Account of the battle by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – in The Navy Records Society's online magazine: buff.ly/iGWYEvn

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Trafalgar Eyewitness Account by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – The Navy Records Society
This letter by Robert Hilton appears to be a collaborative account of the engagements of Trafalgar, as a surgeon’s mate would have been below deck during the battle.  Each of the surviving letters…
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October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Discover The Navy Records Society's annual volumes online: The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings: Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Keeper of the King’s Ships, 1422-1427 – Vol 123 (1982), Dr S. Rose buff.ly/xvZsvay

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The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings: Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Keeper of the King’s Ships, 1422-1427 – The Navy Records Society
A wonderful new online historical resource has just been launched: The Merchant Fleet of Late Medieval and Tudor England, 1400–1580. This database transforms our understanding of the evolution of…
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September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Discover The Navy Records Society's annual volumes online: Corrigenda to Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 – Vol 69 (1932), A.C. Dewar buff.ly/V2rLa26

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Corrigenda to Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 – The Navy Records Society
In 1930 when the Papers on the Dutch War were approaching completion, Mr A.C. Dewar was asked by the Council of the Navy Records Society, to look through the Dutch transcripts with a view to the…
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September 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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📚 New book by our #NRS member

Mark Barton has released his latest publication, 'Fanning the Coals and Forging the Weapons'. Hardback is available for pre-orders via [email protected] for £25, incl. free P&P within the UK. All profits will go to maritime historical charities.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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'Naval Patronage in the 18th Century: Exploring Obligation and Trust'

Catherine Beck shares how the papers and letters of Admiral John Markham, from the National Maritime Museum, inspired her research for her book. Plus, get 35% off your copy: buff.ly/ICz7X07

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August 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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August 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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