10 Aug 1801 this day presented a most beautiful scene from the Hoe, 200 sail laying too, becalmed from horizon to horizon, of East and West Indiamen, under convoy of the Theseus, of 74 gun, Santa Margarita, of 36 guns, and two other frigates ; at 10 A. M. a fine breeze at E.N.E. sprung up, and the whole fleet by noon were clear of the Dodman Point. Per the Naval Chronicle, Vol 6, for Plymouth.

• The Ships, Admirals, Commanders, Lieutenants and Masters from Universal Directory - 1790
• Part List of Marine Officers dated 1787

• Medical Reforms during and post the American War of Independence.
• The Preservation of the Health of Seamen - late 18th Century.
• Victualling - 1825.
• Victualling in Sick Messes - 1825
• Victualling in Sick Messes - 1833
• Anti-Scorbutics (to combat scurvy) - 1825 - leading on to comments on the diet.
• The Tot
• Quality of Water and introduction of Iron Tanks circa 1815.
• Issue of Salt Meat after fresh meat has run out - 1833
• Comments made in 1840 on Diet Vs. Disease over the previous 50 years.
• Comments regarding the cleanliness of decks, bedding and the men - 1840.
• Naval Rations.
• Comments on Watchkeeping.
• Sleeping Conditions.
• Ventilation.
• Health of the Mind - Education 1840.
• A Representation in the Lancet from a former Assistant-Surgeon regarding Unqualified Assistant-Surgeons in the RN being responsible for the Health of some RN Ship�s Companies - 1853.
• Health in the RN : 1864 and 1865-66, per Parliamentary Reports.
• Directions for the Examination of Officers, Men, and Boys for Admission into the Royal Navy and Marines - 1866
• See also notes on RN Victualling below.

• Index to some 5,000 Royal Naval vessels and Packets from about 1793 - 1900, incorporating links to events mentioned in William James' Naval History of GB : 1793-1815->, and the vessels involved ; along with some more obscure harbour vessels and RFAs included in the Navy List for 1921.
• Miscellaneous Notes

• Gratuities to the Relations of Officers and others killed in Action circa 1797
• An Extract from Studies in Naval History by J. K. Laughton - Privateer Robert Surcouf.
• All French men of war in action to level the guns at the hull, and not at the rigging as heretofore - 1801
• Embezzlement of King's Stores.
• Revision and Enforcement of the Regulations of the Navy by Earl St. Vincent following the discovery of unqualified Naval warrant officers ; a clean up of the dockyards following the discovery of the illegal employment of persons, along with fraud etc. in the dockyards by senior officers etc. following a visitation to the Dockyards in 1802 by the Board of Admiralty and Victualling Board etc.
• All the Revenue Vessels at Plymouth to join Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's flotilla at Deal
• Naval History of Great Britain 1793 - 1827 by William James published 1837
  
• Index of 4,800+ names mentioned in the 6 volumes of William James' Naval History - 1793 - 1827 - friend and foe
• Pardon for Seamen and Marines as have Deserted and Returned Before 1 Sep 1801
• Treatment of Certain Master's Mates and Midshipmen following the signing of the Peace of Amiens who may otherwise have been discharged to Shore - 1802
• Revised Regulations for the Storage of Equipment for ships in ordinary in Hamoaze and the River Tamar 1802.
• Half-pay to Naval Officers in 1802 circa the time of the signing of the Peace of Amiens
• Circa 12 May 1804 in light of the possibility of invasion by France.
• Regulations & Instructions - 1808 - the forerunner of King's Regulations & Admiralty Instructions.
• The Royal Navy - 1805 - Officers; Vessels; Guard Ships; Revenue Cutters etc
• RN vessels lost during the 19th Century (1793-1900).
• A few brief notes on Lieutenant Michael Fitton, RN
• Notes on Signal Stations during the Napoleonic Period and later.
• A few brief notes on Sea Fencibles (1798-1802 and 1803-1810).
• List of Officers on the Impress Service at the following Stations (NL Dec 1814)
• Deputy Receivers of the Sixpenny Duty 1814.
• Extracts from a Diary maintained by Nathan Lucas whilst a passenger on board merchant vessels in 1803 and 1811, when R.N. vessels were sighted etc.
• Re-organisation of Rating of Ships, of Ships' Complements - 1817.
• Rationalisation masts, yards, rigging, and stores for ships and vessels of same class - 1817.
• Observations on the present mode of calculating the sea pay of the officers - 1817.
• Pay and superannuation of gunners, boatswains, and carpenters - 1817.
• Superannuation several hundreds of worn-out and disabled [warrant] officers - 1817.
• Cancellation of obsolete ratings and establishment of ratings which have replaced them during the late wars - 1817.
• Establishment of Tools Allowance for Carpenters and members of the Carpenters Crew &c. - 1817.
• Formation of companies of the Royal Marine Artillery - 1817.
• HMS Challenger - Alphabetical Extract from the Muster Lists Circa 1832
• Extracts from the "Naval Sketch Book" Vol I dated 1835 - includes :
  a Review of a new system of signalling by Rear-Admiral Raper ;
  a Review of the way ship design in the RN had declined ;
  some old chestnuts re "Jack's Humour and
  Rhyme in the form of The Lieutenant's Lament.
• An extract from Famous Ships of the British Navy regarding the loss of the Alceste.
• Rules and Regulations relative to the Passages of Civil and Military Officers in his Majesty�s Ships of War.
• 20 Mar 1822 Contract for Black Silk Handkerchiefs.

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• Award of the India Medal for taking part in the Burma War 1824-26 - approved in 1851.
• Galatea fitted with machinery, worked by her ship's company, that drove paddle wheels - 1829
• Admiralty Mail Packets modernised - 1830
• Quarantine Establishment at Milford Haven - Circa Feb 1831
• Rates of Half Pay and renewal thereof etc.
• Warrant Officers - Drawing Pay
• The Calculation of Pay for Men Remaining on Station when their Ship Heads back to the UK
• Rules for Appointment of Commanders to Ships of the Line
• Regulations for the Entry and Rating of Young Gentlemen and Captain's Clerks
• Greenwich Out Pensions - 1831
• Rules for Granting Pensions to the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the RN - 1830.
• Accounting for Charts, Books and Papers Issued from the Hydrographical Department (1832)
• Chocolate to be used in lieu of Cocoa - Admiralty Circular 84 - 1832
• List of Slop Clothing - revised prices - Admiralty Circular 83 - 23 Oct 1832
• Rowing Money, Sleeping Money, and Allowance of Provisions to Shipwrights
• Repair of Defects to HM ships
• Addressing Correspondence for the Commissioners of the Navy and Victualling
• Allowance for Schoolmasters
• Payment of the Schoolmasters' Allowance Received from Young Gentlemen.
• Marine Servants to Officers
• The Muster of Crews of HM Ships by Commander-in-Chief, or Senior Officer
• Change of Muster Books etc. Muster and Victualling books to be transmitted Quarterly to the Admiralty.
• Uniform - 1830s - Amendments
• Water tanks belonging to HM ships
• Land Grants no longer available to Military or Naval Officers in North America.
• Measuring Ships for Tonnage
• Classes and Denominations (Rating) of HM Ships - 1835
• Introduction of rating of Seaman's Schoolmaster - 1837.
• Regulation respecting the Payment of Mates and Naval Instructors - 1841

• Corporal Punishment & Punishment Warrants - Nov 1830
• Return of the Number of Persons Flogged in the British Navy in 1845 .
• Return of the Number of Persons Flogged in the British Navy in 1846, both articles specifying the Name of the Ship, the Offence, the Sentence, and Number of Lashes Inflicted.
• Partial Abolition of Flogging in the Navy - Introduction of Class for Conduct.

• Leave - 1821
  
• Short leave at Malta : Officers and Men - Nov 1842
• Ships Paying-Off - Men - Leave and Pay etc - 1846
• 1850 - Entry of Men on Board Flag Ships after having been Paid Off.
• Leave in H.M. Ships - 1860
• Second Masters, Mates and Assistant Paymasters to be Borne on Flag Ships' Books on being Paid Off - 1860
• A Representation regarding Leave or Rather Lack of it for 'Civil' Officers in the Royal Navy - 1866
• When Sick on Shore following on from leave a Sick Note from a Doctor is required : a Magistrate has no authority to grant an extension of leave - 1866
• Leave on Full Pay to Commissioned and Warrant Officers on Return from Service Abroad - 2 Circulars - 1867 & 1868.
• Entitlement to paid leave following service abroad - 1867
• Full Pay Leave Regulations

• Notes on the difficulties experienced recruiting personnel ; manning ships ; retaining personnel ; the introduction of contracts of service (engagements) and improved pension system ; recovering from the iniquities of impressment and the deep mistrust of the Admiralty when it was involved in anything following the Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars ; this also being accompanied during the 19th by an ever changing society when expectations were constantly growing as the quality of life generally seems to have improved, thus requiring improved food, pay and living conditions etc. which seems to have been difficult for the elderly Admirals of the day to take on board.
• 1805 - Manning of vessels in Ordinary (Reserve)
• The Glasgow rendezvous discontinued. New appointment for the rendezvous at Bristol. Boys not to be entered till further notice - 1842.
• Periods for which Men are required to enter and serve in the Royal Navy under the new Regulations for Continuous Service (C.S.) - 1853.
• Irregular Ratings Allotted to Continuous Service (C.S.) Men ; (or C.S. personnel being incorrectly allocated to ratings or posts which should be filled by N.C.S. ratings.) - 1858
• Manning the Navy : a further small improvement in provisions &c. - 1859
• Revised Conditions for Continuous Service Pay and Engagements - 1859.
• Continuous Service Engagements - Returns of Forms - 1859.
• Bounties paid to promote recruiting - 1859-60 - with the onset of the Second China War and following the India Mutiny, and with full employment in the Merchant Service.

• Reporting of Ordnance Equipment under Trial - Admiralty Circular 83 - 18 Nov 1832
• Allowance of Shot and Powder for each Gun - 1833
• Allowance of Powder for Exercise - 1833
• Painting Guns, &c. 1834
• Firing Salutes by Small Vessels Armed with less than 10 Guns - 1834
• Candidates for Promotion to Gunner - 1834
• Gunnery - Training - 1839.
  Training of Midshipmen in preparation for promotion to Lieutenant - 1842.
• Midshipmen taking exam for Mate or Lieutenant to be qualified in Gunnery - 1841.
• Copper Cap Primer for Musket replaced : A new primer for a musket recently invented by Mr. Westley Richards - a saving grace to our tars feet - 1842
• Precautions To Be Observed To Prevent Accidents When Saluting - 1856
• Gunnery Lieutenants, Gunnery Instructors, Badges for Seamen Gunners, and Trained Men - 1860. Includes both Order in Council and Circular to the Fleet.
• Gunnery Lieutenants at sea entitled to an additional Shilling per day - 1860.
• Introduction, for the first time, of the Gunnery Instructor.
• Introduction of the Trained Men.
• Description of Badges for Seamen Gunners.
• Issuing Prices of Marks of Distinction for Gunnery Instructors and Seamen Gunners - 1860.
• Acting Sub-Lieutenant, Rejection in Gunnery Examination
• Acting Sub-Lieutenant, Examination in Navigation to precede that in Gunnery
• Boys Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery - Preface dated April 1871
• Fifty Years in the Royal Navy by Admiral Sir Percy Scott, Bt. - who, relative to most senior officers of the period, pulls few punches regarding the negligence of the Admiralty during the latter part of the 19th and into the early part of the 20th Century with respect to what the layman might consider their prime responsibility - efficient Gunnery.

• Details regarding the capture of slave vessels by RN vessels can usually be found by taking links to the detaining vessel in my database of RN Vessels and their movements &c. Should you not be able to find a record please contact me with full details.
• Original Data regarding the capture of a vessel employed in the Slave Trade as detailed in the Mixed Courts and Vice Admiralty Courts can usually be found in one of the hundreds of Foreign Office files available in the National Archives at series FO 84, and can be downloaded free of charge to read in comfort at home, but, however, mostly in the hand writing of the day, be it by the author's themselves or their scribes (ie writers as they were known in those days). I should also add that a superb data base of slave vessels and their owners and masters &c. can be found at http://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/
• Problems between Naval Officers prosecuting their cases in the Mixed Courts and the Commissioners of the Mixed Courts - 1841
• Administrative adjustments made by the Admiralty, Foreign Office and the Vice Admiralty Courts following the introduction of Legislation for the Slave Trade i.e. the Act 2nd & 3rd Victoria Cap 73 - 1842
• An example of the Questions and Answers asked of a the Master following the capture of a vessel that may be involved in the slave trade, and his answers.
• Items which might cause a prospective slave vessel to be Condemned.
• A list of about 2428 Slave Trade Vessels detained by RN Vessels &c
• Arrival of the US slave transport Creole at the Bahamas

• Rules for the Payment of Prize Money - 1836
• Rules for division of Prize Money following Sale of Slave Ships, and assessment of Slave Bounty &c.
• Prize Lists - Supernumeraries
• Return of Prize Money paid 1807-1846 to Captors of Vessels involved in the Slave Trade, Distinguishing the Sums paid as Head Money, Bounty for Slaves taken, Bounty per Ton Register of Ships taken, and Captors' Shares of the Proceeds of Ships and Property condemned.
• Assignment or Allocation of Prize Money - 1866
• Prize Money - Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864
• Prize-Money, Ships' Agents
• Capture of Vessels Engaged in the Slave Trade, &c. Expenses Incurred in Prosecuting, 1866.
• Slave Captures, Costs of Prosecution, 1874

• 18 Sep 1802 no details given, but "the Lords of the Admiralty have directed that an increase of Pay should be granted to Warrant Officers".
• Apr 1804 increase in allowance made to Pursers for waste and leakage of provisions, and increase in salary.
• May 1804 Surgeons who have served 5 years, due pay of a third rate ; and 3 years, the pay of a fourth rate.
• Pay for Officers and Rating for 1805
• 1835 : FO, Officers, POs, Ratings and RM
• Naval Pay - Officers and Ratings as detailed in the Navy List for 1843
  
• Royal Marine Pay - Officers and Other Ranks ditto
• Pay - Officers - 1844
  
• Pay - Ratings - 1844
  
• Pay - Royal Marines - 1844
  
• Revised Scales of Pay and Victualling etc - 1851;
  
• Scales of Pay for P.O.s, Seamen and Boys and for the newly introduced rates of C.P.O. and Leading Seaman and revised rates of pay following the introduction of C.S. and N.C.S. Engagements in 1853.
• Officers - RN - Pay - 1860
• Officer - RN and RM - Half-Pay - 1860
• Pay 1860 All Ratings
• RMLI - Officers and Other Ranks - Pay - 1860
• RM Artillery - Officers and Other Ranks - Pay - 1860
• Officers Pay - Circa 1870
• Ratings Pay - Circa 1870.
• Ratings Pay - Circa 1879
• Royal Marine Officers, NCOs and Other Ranks Pay - Circa 1879
• Additional Pay & Allowances - Circa 1879
• Pay 1885 All Ratings.
• 1907 - Seamen and Communications Branches - Rates of Substantive and Non-Substantive Pay and Re-organisation
• 1912 - Officers and Ratings - Pay Increase.
• Miscellaneous notes on ratings pay 1912-38
• 1925 - RN Officers Pay, reflecting the 5�% pay cut.
• 1944 - Officers Pay.
• 1946 - RN Ratings Pay, and Marriage Allowance.
• 1948 - RN Ratings Pay, and Allowances.
• June 1957 - Pay and Allowances for all RN, RM, WRNS and Reserve Personnel
• See further down the page for more on Pay over the 19th Century.
N.B. re Scales of Pay Perhaps worth noting that when shortages in a branch occurred it wasn't unusual to increase rates of pay accordingly or make other adjustments to improved recruitment levels e.g.
a. during the 1840s additional pennies per day were paid to qualified seamen gunnery rating with a view to hoping that they might remain in the service when their ship paid off, but unsurprisingly doesn't seem to have been too successful. I've not always had the revised scales of pay following these changes, so, when announced, I've usually included the announcement, when possible, and linked the headline from this page to the article concerned in order to avoid creating a whole new table for everyone.
b. Good Conduct Badges created in 1849 for those with V.G. Conduct at a 1d. per diem per badge to a maximum of 3 badges.
c. Increased rates of pay paid to Surgeons when there was a shortage, in addition to the creation of new ranks such as the Staff Surgeon and the Fleet Surgeon, with increased pay, in subsequent years with a view to retaining experienced surgeons. Similar things were done for Engineer Officers, but whilst they helped a little, foreign navies and merchant service companies often paid better wages, although some engineers who went abroad, especially to South America, reported difficulties getting paid......so not always a good idea. For an example of this see Thomas Cochrane and his return from South America, having borrowed their ship to return home penniless, with, ISTR, seamen from that vessel walking the streets of Portsmouth in rags and almost having to beg for food, although I gather a lot of the good citizens of Portsmouth helped feed these men, probably having followed their exploits in the Hampshire Telegraph.

• Admiralty may place an Officer Retired by Reason of Misconduct, &c., on the lowest or any other intermediate Half-Pay of his Rank - 1860.
• Admiralty may place an officer who by intemperate habits may have rendered himself Unfit for Further Service on a lower scale of Half-Pay than the minimum rate of Half-Pay of his Rank - 1864

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Index to Extracts from Various Navy Lists 1844-1879 detailing the officers mentioned

• Consolidated extracts from the Navy Lists for Dec 1843, Jun 1844, Dec 1848, Jun 1870 and Jun 1879 - with details of officers appointments.

Admiralty Memoranda etc. from the newspapers for 1840s :

• Survey of Ships Taken Up by Government

• Aug 1841 - Packet Service / Schedule

• Blane - Sir Gilbert Blane's Medal
  
• Chaplains
  
• Charts, Admiralty - Appointment of Agent to Sell
  
• Clothing - Allowances for the Loss of Clothing, Instruments &c. - 1842.
  
• Comparable Ranks
  
• Deaths of Officers reported quarter ended 20th March, 1844
  
• Documents
  
• Emigration of Officers - Grants etc.
  
• Greenwich School
  
• Half Pay
  
• Instructors
  
• Losses - Allowance for loss of Clothing & Instruments Etc.
  
• Marine Cadets - Rules for Entry - Examinations etc.
  
• Masters' Assistants
  
• Mates - Rules and Regulations
  
• Medals - Award of Turkish Medals
  
• Regulations for the Entry and Rating of Young Gentlemen and Captains' Clerks, on board H.M. Ships and Vessels on the Peace Establishment
  
• Naval College - Mates
  
• Oath of Allegiance, &c.
  
• Pensions to Subordinate Officers, Seamen, and Marines
  
• Pensions to Seamen and Marines
  
• Qualifications for Command
  
• Religious Books
  
• RM Uniform
  
• Seamen Schoolmasters
  
• Transport of Treasure in RN Vessels
  
• Officers Uniform
  
• Widows Pensions
  
• Agents for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines
  
• List of Licensed Navy Agents for Petty Officers and Seamen
  
• Admiralty (includes officers working in the Civil Depts.)
  
• Commanders-in-Chief

• Contract Steam Vessels - Royal Mail Ships
  
• Dockyard and Victualling Yards
  
• RNH Greenwich (including in and out pensioners)
  
• Naval Hospitals (excluding Greenwich)
  
• Transport and Immigration Officers
  
• Miscellaneous (including Survey Officers and Surgeons working with the Marines etc.
  
• Supervision on the Packet Service
  
• Command of Revenue Vessels
  
• In Command of the London to Portsmouth Semaphore Stations
  


• Nomination of Naval Cadets - 1848
• Officers - Qualifications - Circa Mid 1840s
• Corporal Punishment - Authority to approve punishment in Home Ports - 1846.
• 1846 - return of Boys Entered on board H.M. Ships - Education etc.

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• Regulations for the Entry and Rating of Young Gentlemen and Captains' Clerks, on board H.M. Ships and Vessels on the Peace Establishment
• Naval Cadets - 1834
• Naval Cadets - 1837
• Naval Cadets - 1838
• Naval Cadets - 1841
• Naval Cadets - 1848
• Qualifications for Naval Cadets - 1849
• Examination of Naval Cadets - 1851
• Lieutenant in a separate command shall reckon as time served as First Lieutenant of a rated ship - 1841.
• Examination of Midshipmen entitled to pass for a Lieutenancy when his ship is on detached service - 1841.
• Flag Officers and Captains of line-of-battle ships, to be allowed two fresh entries as Volunteers of the 1st Class - 1841.
• Introduction of Examination for "Steam Officers" at Portsmouth - 1850
• Certificate of Examination in Steam.
• Directions for Steering by Signs
• Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - 1853
• Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - Circular No. 208 - 1855
• Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - Circular No. 320 - 1858
• Examination of Mates for the Rank of Lieutenant - 1853
• Residence of Acting Mates and Acting Lieutenants at Royal Naval College - 1858.

Subordinate Officers - Pensions for Loss of Limbs payable whilst serving

• Midshipmen may receive Pension while serving for Loss of Limbs - 1860
• Masters' Assistants, Clerks, Naval Cadets, and Assistant Clerks may, while serving, receive Pensions for Loss of Limbs - 1864
• Midshipmen � Service at Sea, and Age, Requisite to Qualify them for Promotion - 1856
• Midshipman : Rules for the Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant and Navigating Lieutenant - Circular No. 288 of 1857.
• Naval Cadets - training afloat introduced on board the Illustrious 1857.
• Midshipmen and Naval Cadets � Service at Sea Requisite to Qualify them for Advancement - 1857
• Service and Qualifications of Naval Cadets for the Rating of Midshipman, and of Midshipmen for Examination as Lieutenants - 1859
• Naval Cadets, Midshipmen, &c. (Interpretation of Clause 20 in Circular No. 288)
• Irregularities appertaining to the Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant after Five Years' Service - 1858.
• Seamanship Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - 338 - 1858
• Seamanship Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant and Master - 343 - 1858
• Advancement of Naval Cadets to the Rating of Midshipmen - 1861
• Passing for Lieutenants and Masters - 1862.
• Nomination of Officers for Promotion on Flag Officers striking their Flags - 1860.
• Naval Cadets and Midshipmen - Entrance Exams - 1870.
• Colonial Cadet - Entry, Passage to England, and Pay, &c, of Colonial Cadets - 1870
• Amendment to Rules for Time to Qualify for Lieutenant - 1869
• Meritorious Passing for the Rank of Lieutenant - 1865.
• Time Required to Qualify a Captain for his Active Flag - 1853

Officers Discipline

• Subordinate Officers � Punishment of, by Courts of Inquiry - 1858

• Some 500 RN Officers qualified as Masters in the Merchant Service Circa late 1870s - Jan 1922, along with about 500 Merchant Service Masters who were supplied with replacement Certificates.

• Lieutenants - Promotion of one annually, from Admiralty Mail Agents - 1857

• Commanders, Lieutenants, and Masters serving as Agents for Transports to Reckon Sea Time - 1857

• Exempt from the Provisions of the Order in Council of 1 Aug 1860

• Pay for Masters in the Royal Navy per order in Council of 15 Aug 1805
• Qualification and Appointment of Acting Masters' Assistants - 1841
• Examination of Masters, and Second Masters - 1849.
• Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - 1852
• Full Pay of Masters - 1856
• Seamanship Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant and Master - 1858
• Regulations Respecting Masters' Assistants - 1851
• Masters, Second Masters, &c. - Review of Conditions of Service - 1855
• Revised Full Pay for Masters for 3rd and 4th Class - 1856
• Pay of Masters in Command - 1856.
• Acting Masters, &c., - Preparation for Passing in Navigation - 1858.
• Following distinguished conduct the Rank of Lieutenant may be conferred on a Second Master - 1859
• Masters' Assistants - Extension of Age for Entry - 1859.
• Masters' Assistants - Extension of Age for Entry - 1860.
• Masters, Second Masters, and Master's Assistants, &c. - Pay &c. - including Masters Attendant, Queen's Harbour Masters and Masters of the Fleet - 1860.
• Naval Cadets of the Second Class Established - 1863 - prospective Masters' Assistants

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• R.N. College - the Principles and Application of Local Attraction of Compasses- 1848
• Exams for Navigation Lieutenant and Lieutenant - 1862.
• Re-organisation of the Masters Branch as the Navigating Branch - 1867.
• Navigation Lieutenant - Exams for - 1868.
• Navigation Cadets - Pay - 1869.
• Navigation Officer - Pilots Exam - 1869.
• RN Officers who qualified as Masters in the Merchant Service circa late 1870s - Jan 1922. Along with about 500 Merchant Service Masters who were supplied with replacement Certificates : per BT-124-23-0-1.

• Apr 1804 increase in allowance made to Pursers for waste and leakage of provisions, and increase in salary.
• Clerks in the Navy - late Acting Pursers - Complaints of Unfairness in Comparison with other officers serving at the end of hostilities - 1816.
• Able Seaman to Assist the Captain's Clerk - 1834
• Pursers Pay 1834
• Committee to Review the Future of the Purser - 1842
• Regulations for the Entry and Rating of Young Gentlemen and Captain�s Clerks - 1833
• Paymasters and Clerks, R.N. - Re-Organisation - 1855
• Paymasters and Clerks - Division of Duties - 1858.
  Completion of Returns : Victualling and Clothing accounts to be Included with Cash Accounts - 1858.
• Age for the Entry of Assistant Clerks, and the Qualifications required of Them - 1859.
• Entry, Examination, &c., of Assistant Clerks and Clerks, and Assistant Paymasters in the Royal Navy - Further Re-Organisation - 1860.
• Paymasters &c. - Pay &c., including allowances in Flag, and Troop Ships and Retirement, including Secretaries - 1860
• Clerks, Paymasters Rules and exams for prospective candidates - 1869
• Increase of Half Pay to Paymasters - 1867.
• Clerks, Paymasters Rules and exams for prospective candidates - Nov 1870

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• Journal of Paymaster Lucas, whilst on Anti-Slavery Patrols on the Coast of Africa, on board HMS Mutine 1845 to 1846.
• First Battle of Sevastopol, as described by Paymaster LUCAS, in a letter to his fianc�e.

• Regulations for the Qualification, Pay, and Half Pay Of Naval Instructors, Established by Orders In Council. Of The 22nd Dec., 1836, 10th August 1840, and 11th March, 1842
• Regulation respecting the Pay of Mates and Naval Instructors - 1841
• Regulations, Qualification, Pay of Naval Instructors - 1836, 1840, and 1842 - see also revised version of 1849
• Pay for Naval Instructors - circa 1843
• Uniform for Naval Instructors - circa 1844
• Pensions to the Widows of Naval Instructors - 1844
• Examination of Chaplains for service as Acting Naval Instructors &c. - 1855
• Instructors - Relevant Ranks etc. - 1864.
• Appointment, &c, of a Director of Education of the Navy - 1864
• Revised regulations for the examination of Candidates for Naval Instructor - 1865.
• Instructor Candidates - Replacement Entrance Examination - 1865.
• Naval Instructors - Full and Half Pay - 1867

• Chaplains, Royal Navy - Pay, Half-Pay, Rank, &c. - 1859
• Re-organisation of Chaplains of the Royal Navy
• Full Pay of Chaplains of the Royal Navy
• Half Pay of Chaplains of the Royal Navy
• Widow's Pensions for wives of Chaplains of the Royal Navy
• Chaplains &c. - Pay &c. - 1860
• Full and Half-Pay of the Chaplains of Naval Hospitals - 1864.
• Appointment of Chaplains - Re-printed occasionally - this one in 1870.

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Engineering Branch - 19th Century - Engineering and the Engineering Branch. Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda &c.

• Pay : Engineers and Stokers : Circa July 1834
• Engineers, apprentices and engineer boys - 1837 - Pay and Superannuation.
• Engineers in the Royal Navy - 1840 - Conditions of Service
• Conditions of Service of Engineers in Her Majesty's Service - 1842
• Engineers' Boys - Regulations as to the Instruction and Qualifications of Engineers' Boys - 1842
• Silver medal struck as a reward to 1st Cl Engineers who, by their good conduct and ability deserve a special mark of notice - 1842.
• Accommodation and instructional facilities created at Woolwich Dockyard for engineer apprentices. 30 boys were already receiving instruction, but it would appear that the school was about to grow a little - 1842
• Marine Steam Engines of the Royal Navy 1840-44 - Critical Observations by Alexander Gordon.
• Rules and Regulations Respecting the Examination and Appointments of Engineers in HM Service - 1844
• Engineers of the Royal Navy - 1846
• Engineer's Pay and Allowances - 1844
• Rules and Regulations Respecting the Appointment, Rank, Examination, and Pay, of Engineers - 1847
• Engineers of the Royal Navy - 1847
• Acquirements Required of Engineers - 1849
• Rates of Pension to be granted to Inspectors of Machinery Afloat, and to Engineers of the Royal Navy - 1853
• Shortage of First and Second Class Assistant Engineers - 1853.
• Pay and Pensions - Inspectors of Machinery, Chief Engineers - 1856.
• Engineers Messes - 1859
• Promotion of Engineers - 1859
• Report to the Admiralty on the Conduct of Engineers and Stokers - 1859
• Engine Room Telegraphs - 1859
• Employment of Assistant Engineers in Making Good Defects of Fleet - 1859
• Engineers &c. - Pay &c. - 1860
• Assistant Engineers in Charge of Engines - 1860.
• Pensions to Assistant Engineers and Warrant Officers - 1861
• Admiralty to make Regulations for Admission of Apprentices and Factory Boys in the Dockyards and Factories, includes those in training with the view to becoming Naval Engineers - 1860
• Instructions for Engineer Officers - per QR&AI 1861 go to Peter Davis' web site at www.pdavis.nl/Q54.htm
• Extra Pay of Engineers in Charge of Engines - 1863
• Regulations for the Education and Promotion of the Engineers Of The Royal Navy - 1863
• New Rank of Chief Inspector of Machinery - Increased Pay of Inspectors of Machinery - Pensions and Compassionate Allowances for Their Widows and Children - 1867
• Engine-room Artificers - Qualifications, conditions etc - 1868
• Practical Qualifications of Second-Class Engineer Officers, Passing and Promotion at Home and Abroad - 1869
• Assistant Engineers in Charge of Engines - 1860.
• Engineers Eligible for Appointment as Interpreters - 1869
• Regulations for the Education and Promotion of the Engineers Of The Royal Navy - 1869
• Practical Qualifications of Engineer Officers, Passing and Promotion at Home and Abroad.
• Introduction of Engine-Room Artificers - 1870.
• Engine Room Artificers - Candidates for -1877.
• Qualifications for Engine-room Artificers and Stoker Mechanics - 1873
• Engine Room Artificers - Creation of the rating of Chief Engine Room Artificer - 1877
• Uniform - Artificers and other Engineroom Ratings - 1879.
• Certificates of acquaintance with the details of their ships to be obtained By Engineer Officers 1877. Certificate for competent knowledge of Watertight Flooding, and Ventilating Arrangements, &c. for a Chief Engineer or Engineer.
• Entry of Engineer Students in Her Majesty's Dockyards 1877. Engineer Students. Uniform, Holidays, Books, Sea Chest, &c.
• Regulations for the entry of temporary service Engineers, and Assistant Engineers - 1878.
• Uniform - Artificers and other Engineroom Ratings - 1890
• Selborne and Cawdor Memoranda - A Brief Look at the Effects of Sir John Fisher�s Reforms on the Engineering Branch by the late Dave Perkins [from about 1902 onwards....
• Conditions of service for stokers, Mechanicians and Artificers inc ERAs &c. 1907-1947
• Qualifications and Examinations for Promotion - Engineer Branch - Per KR&AI 1913
• Officers Training and Examinations Generally - Engineer Branch - Per KR&AI 1913
• Engine Department - Per KR&AI 1913

Machinery etc.

• Steam Power Not To Be Used But In Cases Of Necessity = 1856
• Machinery, Examination of, on and after change of Engineer - 1859
• Paddle Wheels - Precautions To Be Taken Against Accidents When Men Are In Them - 1858
• Examination Of Screw Propellers 1856
• Rules as to the Consumption of Coal - 1869

• May 1804 Surgeons who have served 5 years, due pay of a third rate ; and 3 years, the pay of a fourth rate.
• Regulations Established by His Majesty's Order in Council of the 23rd January, 1805 in respect to Surgeons in the Navy
• Correspondence - Conditions of Service of Medical Officers (Surgeons in the RN) - Army Vs. Navy - 1831
• Correspondence - Conditions of Service of Medical Officers - Naval Assistant Surgeons - 1840
• Regulations for Candidates for Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy - 1853
• Scale of Pay and Half Pay for Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors - 1855
• Scale of Retiring Allowances for Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors - 1855
• Introduction of the rank of "Staff Surgeon" - 1855
• Position of and Accommodation for Assistant Surgeons, R.N. - 1855
• Medical Students to be employed as Dressers for temporary service on the Home or Baltic Stations - 1855
• Service of Surgeons to Qualify Them for the Rank of Medical Inspector or Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets.
• Qualifications for Medical and Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals &c. - 1858
• Medical Officers, Royal Navy - Revised Pay, Half-Pay, Rank, &c. - 1859.
• Four grades of Medical Officers - 1859.
• Medical Officers Full-Pay - 1859
• Medical Officers Half-Pay - 1859
• Retirement Ages of Medical Inspectors of Hospitals and Surgeons &c. - 1859
• The relative ranks of the Medical Officers of the Royal Navy with Army Officers - 1859
• 1867 - Dearth of Surgeons for the Royal Navy
• 1869 - Appointment of Assistant Surgeons in the Royal Navy
• Medical Officers of the Navy - Re-Organisation - 1867
• Examination of Assistant Surgeons for the Rank of Surgeon - 1867
• Medical Officers of the Navy - Re-Organisation - 1867.
• Regulations Relative to the Examination of Candidates for the Appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy - 1867.
Testimonials

• Extortion from those who can least afford it in order for the few to Curry Favour with their patron.
Representations to the media....

• A Representation to improve Accommodation of Assistant Surgeons with a view to Aid their Study - 1847
• Position of and Accommodation for Assistant Surgeons, R.N.
• The Surgeons of the Royal Navy and Sir W. Burnett

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• Revised Scales of Pay - 1851;
  Increased Provisions for ratings;
  Spirit Ration (Tot) reduced to � Gill &c.,
  Shipment of Spirits Duty Free Discontinued
• Brief Notes regarding Miscellaneous Circulars, mostly published in the 1850s, including some which do not appear to have been published in full in the Navy List with only a Date, Reference No. and Heading being provided.
• Revenue Cruisers' Men - Pay - 1856
• Advance [of Pay] to Subordinate and Warrant Officers - 1858.
• Books, Slates &c. for Schools on board HM Ships - 1857
• Stamp Duty on Commissions and Appointments, &c. - 1857.
• Clarification of Duties of Officer in Charge of the Watch - 1858.
• Caution Respecting Soundings when in the Vicinity of Land - 1858.
• Staying Masts and Setting-Up Lower Rigging - 1859
• Examination of Officers on the Steam Engine also to be held at Woolwich - 1853

• Some occasional Admiralty Circulars relating to Dockyard Employees.

• 1843 - 1879 Pay and Allowances
• 1855 - Payments of Advance of Wages and other sums. ;
  Victualling of vessels preparing for the Baltic. ;
  No Foreigners to be Employed on CS Engagements.
• Officers Residue of Pay
• Irregularities in Officers' Pay Bills - 1856
• Paymasters' Extra Pay for doing Clerks' Duty - 1856
• Payment to Officers - 1857
• Paymasters' Stationery Allowance - 1858.
• Non-Entry of Men in the Navy Belonging to any Branch of the Army, &c. - 1858
• Pay and Conditions for Supernumeraries borne for Victuals only - 1858.
• Officers' Travelling Expenses - 1859
• Payment of Monthly Allowance Money to Men Newly Entered from the Shore - 1859.
• Extra Pay to be Paid in H.M. Ships at Home and Abroad - 1859.
• Stores for Repair &c., of Naval and Enfield Rifles - 1859
• 1856 - The Grand Review of the Fleet At Spithead - Celebrating end of Crimea War
• Casualties incurred in actions against pirates and during the 2nd China War 1856-1859.

• Expense in Messes of Her Majesty's Ships - 1856.
• Regulations with regard to to the Mess Accounts of Mates and Subordinate Officers - 1856.

• Coastguard - Admission into the Service - 1831
  
• Rules for the admission of Seamen into the Coast Guard Service; Pay and Allowances etc. - 1831
• 2 additional officers employed in the Coast Guard, may be selected for promotion - 1842.
• Officers appointed for Coast Guard duties - 1844.
  
• Introduction of the new Coast Guard organisation - rules and regs - 1856
• Entry of Seamen into the Coastguard - 1856
• Promotion of Officers from the Coast Guard Service - 1861
• Qualifications for Entry of men in to the Coast Guard - Circa 1866.
• Qualifications for Entry of men in to the Coast Guard - 1869.
• Coast Guard Officers - Pay - 1872
• Entry of Men into the Coast Guard - 1875.
• Coast Guard 1908 - 1943 and the changes that took place from 1923-43
• Officers and Men of H.M. Coast Guard who have received Medals or Clasps from the RNLI 1884/85.
• 1920 - RN, RM, and Coastguard Ratings etc., Pay and Allowances.
• 1920 - RN, RM, and Coastguard Officers, Pay and Allowances.
• Officers and Men of the RN & Coast Guard who received Medals from the Board of Trade during 1884 for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea.
• 19th Century - Preventive Service and Coast Guard, Lighthouse Keepers, etc. - Miscellaneous Notes

• 1858 - On Floating Batteries, A Lecture given by By Capt. Fishbourne, R.N.
• 1858 - On Lowering Boats At Sea - Mr. Clifford's system.
• 1858 - lowering, and disengaging Ships' boats - The Mr. Russell's system.

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• Southampton Royal Yacht Club, until now entitled to the White Ensign, in future to wear the Blue Ensign, the Crown and Borough Arms to be emblazoned thereon. 1842
• The issue of Commissions and Warrants to Officers on being Appointed to Ships to be Discontinued - 1860
• Revision of Ensigns / Flags for HM and Merchant Ships - 1864
• Circulars respecting Distinguishing Flags, Blue Ensign
• Time of Service of Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants - 1864
• Complement of Mates, Midshipmen, and College Midshipmen borne on the books of HM ships - 1833 - Circular No. 87.
• Complements of Masters' Assistants, and Volunteers - 1831
• Complements of gun-boats for the Baltic.
• Revision of the Complements of Her Majesty's Ships and the Introduction of a number of New Ratings - 1860 :
• The Yeoman of the Signals to be a 1st Class Petty Officer and the Yeoman of the Signals on a Flag Ship to be paid as a Chief Working Petty Officer.
• A new rating of Signalman established as a 2nd Class Working Petty Officer,
• The Armourer to be a 1st Class Petty Officer
• New ratings of Plumber ; Tinsmith ; 2nd Class Stoker ; Sick Berth Steward ; Shoemaker ; Lamp Trimmer ; Engineer Engineer's Servant ; Engineer's Cook ; Captain's servant ; Captain's Cook Assistant ; Ward Room Servant ; Ward Room Cook's Assistant ; Gun Room Servant ; Gun Boom Cook's Assistant established.
• Conditions of Service for the Sick Berth Attendant amended.
• Rank of Warrant Officers - 1860.
• Warrant and Commissioned officers - structure
• Establishment of Chief Gunners, Chief Boatswains, and Chief Carpenters for the Navy - 1864.
• Good Conduct Badges - see below.
• Former Greenwich Pensioners Re-entering the Service - 1856.
• Payment of Stores Allowance To Ships' Stewards - 1860
• Classification, Pay, and Allowances of Ships' Stewards - 1864
• Loss of Mess Utensils - 1860
• Salvage Claims - 1856.
• Seamen Gunners' Pay and Pension - 1859.
• No Period of Time to Count for Pension during which a Seaman or Marine shall not have Maintained a Good Character in his Ship or Division - 1862

• New Regulations for the Entry of Seamen-Riggers at dockyards, to act as a Reserve of skilled men - 1802.
• Regulations for the Entry of Seamen-Riggers - 1848.
• Entry of Riggers in Dockyards - 1860.
• Pensions and Superannuation Allowances to Dockyard Riggers and Seamen in Yard Craft - 1861

• Continuous Service Engagement - Qualifications - 1853
• Pay and Engagement Structure - New Rules - 1853 - Circular 121 ; and subsequent questions asked by the Fleet and answered by Their Lordships in Circular 130.
• Signalman, Plumber, and Tinsmith Allowed to enter as Continuous Service men - 1860 - see above for announcement of introduction of these ratings into the Service.
• Regulations for the Entry of Boys and Men into the Navy - 1853.
• Physical Fitness Requirements for Re-engagement - 1857.
• RN Engagements to Marines granted free discharge who enter the Navy - 1860.
• Engagements for Continuous Service - 1862.

• Record of Conduct of Seamen, Parchment Certificates, &c. - 1860.
• RC Excused CoE Divine Service - 1859.
• Wine And Medical Comforts For The Sick - 1860
• Issuing Prices of Marks of Distinction - 1860.
• Extra Issue of Spirits to Engineers and Stokers - 1860.
• The supply of shoes to HM ships - 1860

• Full Pay of Officers to be paid by Paymaster of each ship in Commission - 1857
• Officers' Full Pay Bills - Method of Payment to Officers - 1857
• Regulations for the Payment of Full Pay to Officers of all ranks in Her Majesty's Navy and Marines - 1857.
• New System of Keeping Ships' Books and Accounts - 1858 you can't see it here, but the result of this order probably gives us the first view of something that was to develop into the ledgers we were familiar with until the introduction of computerised pay in 1971, but from what I've seen very, very simple at this date.
• Regulations for Paying the Officers and Crews of Ships - 1860
• Regulations for Paying the Officers and Crews of Ships - 1861
• Clothing Gratuities granted to Petty Officers promoted to Warrant Officer - 1858
• Clothing Gratuity to Warrant Officers on Promotion - 1861
• Lodging Money - 1860
• Rules for Granting Pensions to the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the RN - 1830.
• Restoration of Pensions to the Widows of Warrant Officers - Order in Council - 1860
• Pensions to Widows of Warrant Officers - 1860.
• Time of Service of a Warrant Officer to Entitle his Widow to a Pension Reduced from 10 Years to One Year - 1860.
• Pensions to the Widows of Warrant Officers - 1860
• Pensions to Widows of Naval Instructors and Chief Warrant Officers - 1964
• Warrant Officers' Retirement - 1860.
• Pensions to Assistant Engineers and Warrant Officers - 1861
• Relative Ranks with the Army - 1860.
• Entry, Examination, &c., of Assistant Clerks and Clerks, and Assistant Paymasters in the Royal Navy - 1860.
• Mates : Failure to Apply for an Appointment - 18??
• Agents of Transports &c. - Service to Count as Sea Time - 1857.
• Bonds For Paymasters - 1857
• Time Required to Qualify a Captain for his Active Flag - 1853.

• Caulking of Topsides of Ships - 1860.
• Coaling Issues - 1860
• Consumption of Coal - 1869.
• Award of the Beaufort Testimonial - 1860.
• Award of the Beaufort Testimonial - 1861.
• Warning to Boys attempting to join the Service who may be Apprentices - 1860..
• Railway Passes - 1860
• Cancelling Circular No. 91, Relative to not Saluting Dutch Consular Authorities - 1860.
• Regulations Respecting Rewards for the Apprehension of Deserters and Stragglers - Circa 1861.
• Deserters - Rewards and Expenses - 1862
• Bills of Exchange. &c. - 1863
• Field Allowance to Naval Forces - 1863
• Assistance to be Rendered to the Acclimatisation Society - 1863.
• Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society

• Imprisonment By Court Martial - 1856.
• Classes and Denominations of HM Ships � 1856
• Returns of Seamen For Registry Office - 1859.

• Regulations for Paying the Navy - 1860.
• Monthly Advances to Officers and Crews of HM Ships &c. - 1860.
• Care of Rudder Heads - 1860.
• Sea Service Rifles, Bayonets and Cutlasses to be Numbered - 1860.
• Congreve Rockets - 1860.
• Royal Naval Reserve Volunteers - 1860.
• Revised Queens Regulations and Admiralty Instructions - 1861
• Seamen's Wills - Inspector of Seamen's Wills - 1862.
• Regulations for the Admission of Seaman and Marines to Greenwich Hospital - 1861

• Regulations under which Boys are Entered in Her Majesty's Navy - 1864
• Regulations under which Boys are Entered in Her Majesty's Navy - 1868
• Discharges by Purchase - 1864
• Privileges to Time Expired Men who Renew their Engagements Abroad - 1866
• Colours of Badges showing Marks of Distinction - 1868
• Regulations under which Ordinary Pensions are Awarded to Petty Officers and Seamen (appears in the Navy List from about 1866 and was published in a number of subsequent editions up to about 1874.
• Gratuities to Widows of Men Slain, Killed, or Drowned, whilst Serving in the Royal Navy - 1863.
• When Sick on Shore following on from leave a Sick Note from a Doctor is required : a Magistrate has no authority to grant an extension of leave - 1866
• Royal Navy - Beards and Moustaches - 1869.
• Royal Marines - Beards and Moustaches - 1869.
• Master at Arms - Pay, Messing, Uniform etc. - 1867.
• Pay, Pension, Allotments, Unclaimed Pay, Stoppage of Pay by "R," Medals and Decorations - 1866 or 68.
• Pay 1870 - Ratings
• Increase of pay approved for chief petty officers - 1874.
• Allowances 1870 - Ratings
• Introduction of the Rating of Carpenter's Crew, 2nd Class - 1866.
• Writers - Introduction into the Royal Navy - Entrance, Pay, Rating, Messing, Uniform etc. - 1867.
• Naval Schoolmasters Established
• Naval Schoolmasters - Entrance, Pay, Rating, Messing, Uniform etc. - 1867.
• Head Naval Schoolmasters - Messing, Uniform, Pension - 1867.
• Distinctive Badges - Circa 1870.
• Commuted Allowances in Order that Flag Officers &c. may pay for their Servants in Lieu of at Public Expense - 1870.
• Naval Officers Pay - circa 1870
• Allowances and Extra Pay - circa 1870
• Leave on Full Pay to Commissioned and Warrant Officers on Return from Service Abroad - 2 Circulars - 1867 & 1868.
• Appropriation of Cabins - 1866.
• Employment of Privates of Royal Marines as Personal Servants of Ward Room Officers - 1869.
• Re-adjustment of Relative Ranks of Certain Officers - 1867.
• Officers - Conditions for Entry into the Reserve, and Conditions of Service etc. - 1864.
• Address of Officers Appointed to Foreign Stations - 1869.

• Entry in New Naval Police Force - 1864
• Revised Rules for Entry into the Naval Police - 1868
• Ships or Naval Police 1873.

• Interpreters - Exams - 1865.
• Interpreters - 1866.
• Interpreters - Exams - East Indies Station - 1867.
• Interpreters - Engineers now permitted to become Interpreters - 1869.

• Distinctive Badges and equivalent rates to CPO, PO 1st & 2nd Class
• Half-Pay and Retiring Allowance of Officers of the Royal Navy and Marines
• Forfeiture of Pay and-Half-Pay by Loss of Seniority
• Forms of Half-Pay Declarations
• Regulations for placing Officers on Half-Pay or Retired Pay
• Rank and Command
• Relative Rank of Officers of the Navy
• Relative Rank of Officers of the Army and Navy
• Uniforms Naval, Regulations for
• Uniforms Royal Marines, Dress Regulations of Officers

• The payment of Seamen's Wages by remittance and allotment etc. during the latter half of the 18th Century
• Rules for the payment of Allotments and Remittances Wm. 4.
• Allotments - a List of Men of HMS St Vincent who sent home a part of their wages to next of kin and guardians of children etc., in 1846
• Changes made to allow Men borne as Disposable Supernumeraries to allot monies to families - 1856.
• Pay and Allotments of Disposable Supernumeraries on board Her Majesty's Ships - 1858.
• Allotments of Disposable Supernumeraries - 1860.
• Allotments for the Families of Men of the Coast Guard Stations when Serving in the Fleet - 1859.
• Stoppage of Allotments to Families - Admiralty Instructions - 1860
• Collection of the Allotment for Naval Wives transferred from the Dockyard Cashier to the Post Office

• Victoria Cross
• Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
• Albert Medal

• Daphne : medals awarded when employed in the operations on the Coast of Syria in 1840 - per ADM 171 6, p 41.
• RNACD - Decorations Awarded to Ratings of the British Armoured Car Division in Russia - WWI period - per ADM 171 74.
• RNACD - Russian Decorations Awarded to Ratings of the Anglo Russian Armoured Car Unit - WWI period - per ADM 171 74.
• Naval Air Stations and Ships mentioned in ADM 171 85 Medal Rolls for WWI

• Cadets Naval, Examination for
• Cadets Naval, whilst in Training Ship
• Passing Certificates of Midshipmen
• Periodic examinations of Junior Executive Officers.
• Torpedo Officers, Qualifications for
• Torpedo Officers, Examination of Officers studying for
• Chaplains and Naval Instructors - 1875
• Regulations for Chaplains and Naval Instructors
• Naval Instructors, Regulations for Examination and Instruction
• Regulations for the Medical Service
• Medical Officers, Rank, Pay, and Position
• Staff Surgeon, Examination for
• Carpenters, Examination of
• Assistant Paymasters - Pay & Benefits
• Assistant Clerks, Regulations for Entry
• Royal Marines, Commissions in, Rules for obtaining
• Navigating and Pilotage Duties
• Examination of Interpreters
• Full Pay Leave Regulations
• Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Regulations for
• Acting Sub-Lieutenant and Navigating Sub-Lieutenant, subjects of Examination, &c at College

• Flag Officers Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants - 1870
• Flag Rank, Active and Retired, Qualifying Service for - 1873
• Commanders and Lieutenants, promotion of, and Sub-Lieutenants, retirement of - 1872
• Retirement and Promotion, Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants - 1875
• Retirement and Promotion, Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants - 1878
• Retired Promotion for Commanders - 1876
• Navigating and Civil Officers, which includes Chaplains, Naval Instructors, Secretaries and Paymasters, Staff Commanders, Medical Officers, Inspectors of Machinery, Engineers - 1870
• Service on Committees, Officers in Civil Employment, Promotions, and Retired Promotions - 1870.
• Chaplain, Retirement - 1872
• Paymasters and Assistant-Paymasters, Retirement - 1873
• Navigating Sub-Lieutenants, Retirement of - 1872
• Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals - 1872
• Medical Officers, Retirement of, &c, - 1875
• Engineer Officers, Retirement of
• Retiring Pensions to Chief Gunners, Chief Boatswains, Chief Carpenters, and Warrant Officers
• Good Service Pensions - 1876
• Royal Marine Officers, Promotion and Retirement - 1878
• Compassionate Allowances

• Flag Officers
• Captains
• Commanders
• Lieutenants
• Navigating Officers [Including Masters].
• Limiting to 2 Years the Time for Out-Pensioners of Greenwich Hospital to apply for arrears of Pension

• Pensions to Seamen
• Men discharged the service on account of injuries and wounds, or disability attributable to the service
• Greenwich Hospital Pensions
• Special Pensions
• Gratuities to Widows, Parents, and Children of Men killed in the Service,
• Admission of Boys to Greenwich Hospital Schools.
• Education of Greenwich Hospital Schools, Daughters of Seamen and Warrant Officers.
• Admission of Children of Commissioned Officers to Greenwich Hospital.
• Proceedings in Vice-Admiralty Courts Abroad
• Freightage - Greenwich Hospital Proportion

• Medical Examination for Admission into the Service for Officers, Men, Boys and Marines
• Entry of Second Class Boys
• Boys' Allowance towards Kits
• Entry and Examination of Dockyard Apprentices
• Entry and Position Writers and Boy Writers - 1873
• Naval Schoolmasters
• Ship's Cooks and Cooks' Mates
• Skilled Shipwright Artificers
• Torpedo Artificers, &c
• Foreign Awards - including some for ratings

• Examination of Second Class Boys on Entering the Navy.
• Regulations for the entry of Apprentices to Shipwrights and Fitters in HM Dockyards.
• Artificers - Recruiting
• Chief Engine Room Artificers and Engine Room Artificers
• Stokers - Entry
• Encouragement to Officers to Learn Foreign Languages
• Medals and Annuities for Conspicuous Gallantry in Action
• Regulations Respecting Medals Granted for Acts of Bravery in Saving Life
• Humane Society's Medals
• Officers and Men of the RN who have received the Stanhope Gold Medal.
• Officers and Men of the RN & RM who received Medals from RHS 1884/5
• Royal United Service Institution - Prize Essay Gold Medallists.- Naval
• Books of Reference for use on board H.M. Ships.
• Alterations in Queen's Regulations, Addenda, &c.
• Boys Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery - Preface dated April 1871
• Extracts from Tom Richards� Log.
• Selected extracts from Famous Ships of the British Navy Some notes and diagrams for the early Iron Clads etc. such as Warrior and Black Prince &c

• Vol 7 - 30th January 1893 to 26th November 1897
• Vol 8 - 3rd February 1898 to 16th December 1902
• Vol 9 - 16th February 1903 to 21st December 1907

The Flying Squadron - A World Cruise - 1869 � 1870

• The Flying Squadron's World Cruise - A Midshipman's Diary
• Australian Newspaper Reports of the Flying Squadron's World Visit
• The Flying Squadron - A World Cruise - As seen through the eyes of an officer serving on HMS Liverpool in his letters home - for UK - NZ see the Naval Review for Feb 1925 : www.naval-review.org/issues/1925-1.pdf and May 1925 www.naval-review.org/issues/1925-2.pdf]

• Fifty Years in the Royal Navy by Admiral Sir Percy Scott, Bt. - who, relative to most senior officers of the period, pulls few punches regarding the negligence of the Admiralty during the latter part of the 19th and into the early part of the 20th Century with respect to what the layman might consider their prime responsibility - efficient Gunnery.
• Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor - Vice-admiral Sir William Kennedy, K.C.B. - 1851-1895 : includes experiences from the Crimean and 2nd China Wars, and service on the North and South America Stations, amongst others.
• Links in my life on land and sea by J.W. Gambier.
• From Sail to Steam - Naval Recollections, - Admiral C. C. Penrose Fitzgerald - 1878-1905 : includes service in the Mediterranean, North America and Far East Stations, along with the cruise undertaken by the young princes to Australia.
• Commander R.N. by Commander G. B. Hartford, D.S.O., R.N. (Ret.) - 1898-1922.

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Punishments

• Revision of Punishments - 1859
• Punishments Per KR & AI - 1861 - www.pdavis.nl/Q12.htm
• Summary Punishments Per KR & AI - 1913 - KR&AI/Discipline.html

Victualling, Clothing, Mess Utensils, & Bedding.

• RN Victualling improved - 1824 - but the tot reduced by 50%
• Extra Rations of Tea and Sugar in lieu of the Tot - Circa 1847-8
• RN Victualling revised for 1851 and the Tot halved again in size.
• Whole Peas to be replaced by Split Peas - 1856.
• Increased Allowance of Biscuit, &c., and Gratuitous Issues of Bedding, Clothing, &c. - 1859
• The allowance of biscuit increased from one pound to one and a quarter pound per man per day.
• The allowance of sugar also increased.
• Extra allowance of chocolate and sugar for consumption during the silent hours, for a drink known as Kai/Kye [Assume that it was already being used on board ship and that this was the formal approval for Pusser to pay for it?]
• Mess Utensils to be supplied to a ship.
• On joining H.M. ships ratings to be supplied with Bedding free of charge.
• Revised rules for Gratuitous Issues of Clothing, &c. - 1859
• Accounting for Bedding and Clothing Issued Gratuitously - 1859
• Quarterly Return of Badges Conferred and Worn - 1859.
• Some comments on Victualling in the Royal Navy circa 1824 - 1907
• Victualling Instructions - 1913

• Good Conduct Badges, Good Conduct Pay, aka Badge Pay.
• Erroneous Awards of Good Conduct Badges - 1857.
• Award of Good Conduct Badges extended to ratings other than Seamen - 1857.
• Award of Good Conduct Badges and Pay to Petty Officers.
• Revised Rules for Award of Good Conduct Badges and Pay to Petty Officers - 1859.
• Grant of First Good Conduct Badge Reduced from 5 to 3 Years - 1860.
• Entitlement to Good Conduct Badges on Rejoining the Service - 1865
• Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and Gratuity - Introduction 1831
• Medals for Long Service and Good Conduct - 1860.
• Long Service and Good Conduct Medals and Gratuities - 1875
• Good Conduct Medals and Gratuities - 1880
• For the rules for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medals and Gratuities circa 1913 see Chapter XIX - Discipline - for KR&AI 1913 see below.
• Long Service and Good Conduct Medals and Gratuities - 1957
• Crimea Medal, Sebastopol and Azoff Clasps - 1856.
• Applications for Replacement of Lost Medals and Clasps.
• 1843 - 1957 Pay and Allowances - samples of what was being paid during this period.
• Pay Ledgers : Divisions of the Ledger : List and Numbers etc.
• 1914 - The introduction of [an early form of] Separation Allowance, the forerunner of Marriage Allowance - 1914-1970.
• Royal Navy Substantive Rates for Seaman
• Training and Recruitment - Cadets and Boys
• Seaman Gunners - Returns of Numbers Borne - 1859.
• The Development of the Torpedo Branch - includes examples of uniform and badges.
• Uniform - 1830s - Amendments
• Uniform Dress for Petty Officers, Seamen and Boys - 1857.
• On entering the Navy Continuous Service ratings to be issued with some uniform [but see below].
• 1877, 1879, 1885, 1890, 1897 - RN Uniform Regulations :
• 1896 - Notes on Officers' Dress
• RN Uniform Regulations
• Pictorial and Photographic Examples of Naval Uniform and Men under training.
• 1937 - Ratings Branch or Distinguishing Badges.
• 1940 Officers, Ratings, WRNS Officers and MN Officers - Distinguishing Ranks and Badges etc.
• Notes on Uniform, Kit Upkeep Allowance, WWI Sea Service Chevrons etc.

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1899 - The Boer War and Boxer Rebellion Era

• Extracts from the Illustrated London News - Dec 1899 - April 1900
• Extracts from Newspapers relevant to the Boxer Rebellion

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• Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions - 1913
• Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions - 1913 - Part II - Appendices - Pay & Advancement - SQs etc. (Work in Progress)
• The Falklands Islands Engagement - 1915
• A list of 2,600 Merchant vessels commissioned as HM Ships and Auxiliary Craft into the RN circa June 1916.
• The Making of a Concrete Ship - 1918
• The Royal Fleet Reserve and How to Join It.
• The Evolution of the Naval Bridge before and during the Dreadnought years
• 1907-1949 - An ever Changing Navy as reflected in the - plus The Distribution of Prize Money &c.
• Diary of Midshipman N. K. Calder, R.A.N., - 1917 and 1918 - including time at Scapa Flow
• Photographs of Admiral Beatty, reports and anecdotes leading up to the end of the war.

• Royal Navy Armoured Car Division

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The Inter-war years:

• Seamanship Manual Part II (1932) - Extracts - Organisation & OOD Duties
• Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions - 1937 - Part II - Appendices - Pay & Advancement - SQs etc. (Early Days - Very much Work in Progress)
• Crossing the Line Ceremony - HMS NEW ZEALAND - 1919 Includes Crew List
• Foreign Orders, Decorations and Medals - Regulations as to Wearing Applicable to Servants of the Crown. (July 1935)

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Some Short Stories and Poems with a flavour of the RN circa 1898-1916

• A Gun Room Ditty Box - preface by R-Admiral Lord C. Beresford
• Naval Occasions! - short stories pre-WWI
• A Tall Ship - more short stories pre-WWI and during the early part of the war

Post WWII - Extracts from

• Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions 1953
• Appendix to the Navy List - Pay and Allowances 1956
• Regulations Concerning the Acceptance & Wearing of Foreign Orders, Decorations
  & Medals by Persons in the Service of the Crown. 1957

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Shipwrecks and Accidents in the Portland, Dorset area

• HMS/M SIDON - Memorial
• The Loss of the Transports: Catherine, Venus, Piedmont, &c.
• Earl of Abergavenny - 1805 - HEIC vessel sank within 2 miles of Weymouth, Dorset
• Near Loss of the Seringapatam at Portland Bill, Dorset, 17 May 1851
• Rescue of Crew of the Norval by Portland Fishermen - 1860/li>
• Avalanche and Forrest - in collision in the English Channel - 1877
• "Patroclus" ashore at Blacknor, Sep. 1907
• HMS FOYLEBANK, Portland, Dorset - 1940

Shipwrecks and Accidents from around the World

• Details of about 100 Merchant Service Shipwrecks and Collisions
• Wreck of the Spirit of the Ocean, near Dartmouth - 1866
• Attempt to Salve the "Tripolitania" off the Loe (Looe) sand bar in Cornwall - 1913

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Post WWI Admiralty Fleet Orders (An arbitrary selection of AFOs from a list of AFOs that were still in force in 1930

• AFO 515/1915.-Detection of Explosives in Coal
• AFO 2024/1916 Officers � Visits to the Admiralty
• AFO 1977/1917 Apparatus for Entering Compartment Filled with Poisonous Atmosphere.

Eyesight

• AFO 2947/1918.�Officers� Eyesight�Examination.
• AFO 2959/1918.-Mechanicians, Chief Stokers, and Stoker Petty Officers - Eyesight
• AFO 3775C/1918.-Pistol Ammunition�Failures
• AFO 2457/1921.�Service Rifles and Revolvers � Losses � REPORTS.

Medals

• AFO 3973/1919.-British War Medal.
• AFO 2051/1920.-British War Medal - Award of Naval Clasps.
• AFO 933/1921.-British War Medal - Award for Post-Armistice Operations.
• AFO 3974/1919.-Victory Medal� - Award.
• AFO 2769/1920.-Victory Medal - Award for Post-Armistice Operations.
• AFO 3657/1920.-Lower Deck Benefit Societies
• AFO 2157/1920.-Naval Engineering - Method of Selection for Higher Posts - Position of Officers Specialising as Lieutenants. (On the road to resolving the mess that Adm. Fisher made of the Engineering Branch before the War - IMHO.)

Electricity

• AFO 232/1921.�Electric Radiators in Shore Establishments.
• AFO 432/1921.�Electric Generating Stations � Production and Supply of Electric Energy
• AFO 1002/1921.�Soda Water Machines�Protection.
• AFO 952/1922.�Towing Operations�Precautions.
• AFO 1410/1922.�Telegrams, Inland�Expenditure.
• AFO 1555/1922.�Permanent Cruiser Service.

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Miscellaneous including some extracts from 19th century newspapers

• 1844-1855 - Life at Sea per the Newspapers
• Set of Indentures for an Apprentice at Sheerness Dockyard - 13 Jun 1894 - 3 pages (Images)
• Certificate of Competency as an Engineer ; Certificate of Competency as a 1st Class Engineer
• Shore Establishments & Hulks etc
• 1830-1997 - Miscellaneous Events in the RN
• Oct 1841 - Pay and Pensions
• Jun 1848 - Reserve of Seamen for the Royal Navy - Regulations for the Entry of Seamen-Riggers.
• 1860 - Supply of Shoes to the Fleet
• Daily Harbour Routine
• Daily Sea Routine
• Watches and Bells
• Admiral Earl St Vincent
• Admiral Sir David Beatty & snippets of late & post WWI nostalgia
• Engagements (time served) - RN Service Engagements.
• Brief notes on Timber used in ship building
• 1919 - Demobilisation of Ratings
• 1919 - Examination of Midshipmen for Lieutenant
• Grog, Rum, or even Service Rum, as it was described in a paper published at HMS Royal Arthur in 1968 : a few notes regarding its history, and along with observations, before they are forgotten.
• Jul 1970 - A Farewell to Rum and Grog - for good or for bad - along with a few notes.
• Vessels Built in Dorset for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars
• Maritime History of Dorset
• RN and Merchant shipping on the Dorset Coast - News snippets 1785-1900
• Photos of RN Vessels
• Various Naval Appointments - 1882
• Appointments of Senior Naval Officers 1906-07
• Some Vessel Movements & appointments - 1851
• Early 19th Century Graffiti - how Admiral Earl St Vincent was viewed by some
• Commissioning Ceremony - HMS ALBION - 1959
• Some Matelots' Poetry

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Sea and Rail Routes around the British Isles c 1900

• Sea and Rail Routes - 1900 - England
• Sea and Rail Routes - 1900 - Western Europe

Maps of UK Lighthouses c 1900

• Scotland and North of England
• Southern England and Ireland

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