Royal Navy


Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
The Battle for the Falklands
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 – A Definitive WWII History of the Royal Navy Convoy and Mediterranean Siege
Victory
Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1793-1815
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
The Nutmeg of Consolation  (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
Heart of Oak by David        CookEating Smoke by Chris ThrallThe Royal Marines  by richard-brooksThe Guardian's Wildchild by Feather Stone, F. StoneGoing Commando by Mark Time
Royal Marines (RM)
26 books — 10 voters

The Admirals by Walter R. BornemanNelson by Andrew D. LambertThe Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh by George MackanessSixteen Sail in Aboukir Bay by Stephanie PlowmanLincoln and His Admirals by Craig L. Symonds
Admirals
79 books — 4 voters
Castles of Steel by Robert K. MassieDreadnought by Robert K. MassieCatastrophe 1914 by Max HastingsThe First World War by John KeeganThe First World War by Hew Strachan
Dreadnought Era
46 books — 14 voters

The dangers of the sea should always take precedence over the violence of the enemy
Ben Bryant

Black seamen - or "Black Jacks" as African sailors were known - enjoyed a refreshing world of liberty and equality. Even if they were generally regulated to jobs such as cooks, servants, and muscians and endured thier fellow seamen's racism, they were still freemen in the Royal Navy. One famous black sailor wrote, "I liked this little ship very much. I now became the captian's steward, in which I was very happy; for I was extremely well treated by all on board, and I had the leisure to improve m ...more
Tony Williams, The Pox and the Covenant: Mather, Franklin, and the Epidemic That Changed America's Destiny

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