6 June 1942, on Board Ships of the Home Fleet at Scapa. And thats only for military ships. Crew Lists and Navy Lists can be found in this section. HMS Sheffield, at Greenock, 10 January 1943. The Royal Navy during the Second World War A11458.jpg 800 596; 62 KB. The information is often vague or inaccurate but it may give clues which can be followed up in parish registers. Click on the series reference to search within ADM 199 using keywords, such as those outlined in section 3.2, names of stations, fleets or any of the phrases listed below: There are specific record series for the following stations: A ships log is primarily a navigational record, concerned only incidentally with operations. As a result, destroyers from before 1920 were essentially converted as escort. Organizations and items included among list lists varied over time. HMS Pioneer was a Colossus -class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. A26391.jpg, Crew mess in HMS Snapper WWII IWM A 883.jpg, HMS Snapper motor room WWII IWM A 886.jpg, Torpedo room in HMS Snapper WWII IWM A 882.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War A22088.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War A20955.jpg, Stokers in the boiler room on board HMT STELLA PEGASI, Scapa Flow, 6 June 1943. But neither the Kriegsmarine nor the Luftwaffe remained impassive. For more guidance see our guide to ships logs. Using the advanced search in our catalogue, search for: No aircraft carrier flying log books are known to have survived. A11549.jpg, The King Visits the Home Fleet. It contains the complete information on officers and ships which was omitted from the published edition in wartime. v3.0, except where otherwise stated, Appendix - Service numbers issued between 1894 and 1923, Royal Navy operations and correspondence 1660-1914, Royal Navy Operational Records in the First World War, Royal Navy Operational Records in the Second World War, Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th century to the present, The Naval General Service Medal roll 1793-1840, The sailing navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy built, purchased and captured 1688-1860, Tracing your naval ancestors Public Record Office Readers Guide, Using navy records Public Record Office Pocket Guides to Family History, Naval records for genealogists Public Record Office handbooks, Friends of The National Edmund Abbott George Francis Abercrombie Hubert Acland Jameson Adams John Adams (Royal Navy officer) Augustus Agar Sir Peter Agnew, 1st Baronet John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill Albert Anderson (politician) Arnold Anderson (athlete) David Anderson (judge) William Andrewes Edmund Anstice John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott And indeed the new generation of battleships called rapids was on the drawing boards as early as 1918. After the detection of Gruppe 1, the RAF attempted an attack which was lost in the execrable time, which helped the Germans. With the entry into the war of the USA (December 1941) it became clear that the latter brought all the weight of their industry into the balance. National Library of Scotland. General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 1835-1872, Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992, Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Tracing a seaman before 1853 can be very difficult. In the case of submarines, the Royal Navy had fewer vessels than France, Germany or Italy, because it had no use for this type of A classic fleet of overwhelming proportions. The guide covers servicemen who joined the navy between 1667 and 1923 and served no later than 1928. A9072.jpg, The King Visits the Home Fleet. ADM 73/154-185 are name searchable. Available here are over 700,000 Royal Navy service records for ratings who entered the. The amount of information in the documents varies greatly. A10564.jpg, New Home Fleet Theatre's First Night. NOTICE. However, the utility of the submersibles having been demonstrated in a modern fleet for a variety of missions, several classes of oceanic submersibles were built, mainly from the rivers class beginning in 1922. Special Intelligence Summaries from 1940 onwards (, general daily and weekly intelligence summaries in, operational packs regarding particular engagements and operations in, photocopies of documents not yet transferred, but cited in the footnotes of Volume 1 of The Official History of British Intelligence in the War in, battle damage to ships, air and sea attacks and other photographs taken before, during or after operations in, views of the Mulberry artificial harbours constructed for the Allied invasion of Normandy in. Other builders were Thornycroft, White, Camper & Nicholson, and British Power Boats (BPB) which invented the concept for UK in 1936. In a few days, we mobilized literally everything that could float to be sent to the English Channel. A11416.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War A26384.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War A26386.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War A26388.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War A26389.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War A26390.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War A26392.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War HMS Seraph returns to Portsmouth IWM A 21106.jpg, With HM Submarine Seraph.