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Organisations (20)
- Admiralty
- HMS Achilles (1863)
- HMS Alexander (1818)
- HMS Danae (1867)
- HMS Excellent (1787)
- HMS Formidable (1898)
- HMS Fury (1814)
- HMS Greyhound (1859)
- HMS Hecla (1815)
- HMS Himalaya (1854)
- HMS Myrmidon (1867)
- HMS Neptune (1832)
- HMS Nisus (1810)
- HMS Phoebe (1854)
- HMS Queen (1902)
- HMS Rattlesnake (1822)
- HMS Shannon (1855)
- HMS Thetis (1871)
- Ministry of Defence
- Newquay Coastguard Newquay, Cornwall
Persons (42)
- Baynes, Sir Robert Lambert, (1796-1869), Knight Admiral
- Beaver, Philip, (1766-1813), Captain RN Explorer
- Bedford, George, (1809-1878), Vice Admiral
- Blanckley, Edward, (d 1845), Commander RN
- Bruce, Sir Henry Harvey, (1862-1948), Knight Admiral
- Byng, Robert, (1703-1740), Commissioner of the Navy
- Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan, (1847-1911), 3rd Earl Cawdor
- Corbett, Thomas, (c 1687-1751), Secretary to the Admiralty
- Crozier, Francis Rawdon Moira, (c 1796-1848), Captain RN
- Dawson, William, (d 1911), Captain RN
- Edwards, Edward, (1728-1815), Admiral
- Edwards, Herbert, (d 1896), Captain RN
- Fayerman, Francis, (d 1822), Vice Admiral
- Ficklin, Tom Berner, (d 1874), Sub-Lieutenant RN
- Ford, John, (d 1796), Vice Admiral
- Foster, Henry, (1796-1831), navigator
- Holme, Thomas Redmayne, (c1825-1877), naval chaplain Asby, Westmorland
- Horan, Henry Edward, (1890-1961), Rear Admiral
- Hughes, Sir Edward, (? 1720-1794), Knight Admiral
- Jackson, Sir Henry Bradwardine, (1855-1929), Knight, Admiral of the Fleet
- Kellett, Sir Henry, (1806-1875), Knight Vice Admiral
- King, Philip Parker, (1793-1856), Rear Admiral Naturalist
- Knowles, Sir Charles, (c1704-1777), 1st Baronet Admiral
- Limpus, Sir Arthur Henry, (1863-1931), Knight Admiral
- Livesay, Salter, (1810-1860), Surgeon RN
- Lopez, James de Bertodano, (c1847-1889), Commander RN
- MacGillivray, John, (1822-1867), naturalist
- Marjoribanks, Edward, (1849-1909), 2nd Baron Tweedmouth, MP
- Nelson, Horatio, (1758-1805), 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice Admiral
- Palmer, William Waldegrave, (1859-1942), 2nd Earl of Selborne, statesman
- Parry, Sir William Edward, (1790-1855), Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer
- Peacocke, Richard, (d 1846), Vice-Admiral
- Purvis, Charles Wager, (1715-1772), Rear Admiral
- Purvis, George, (d 1741), Captain RN
- Robinson, Sir Harry Perry, (1859-1930), Knight, journalist
- Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart, (1840-1929), Knight Admiral of the Fleet
- Shelvocke, George, (fl 1690-1728), Captain of the Privateer Speedwell
- Smart, Sir Robert, (1796-1874), Knight Admiral
- Sutton, John, (d 1825), Admiral
- Tills, William, (b 1791), Lieutenant RN
- West, Temple, (1713-1757), Vice Admiral
- Wyllie, William Lionel, (1851-1931), Marine Artist
Diaries (18)
- Beckett, A, Master R N
- Beckett, John, (fl 1898-1899), able seaman
- Blaker, A W, Midshipman
- Bland, Horatio Skene, (1880-1901), Sub-Lieutenant RN
- Brettell, John, Naval engineer
- Cowburn, Arthur, Commander RN
- Crawford, Henry, Commander RN
- Dickenson, Richard, Midshipman
- Dixon, George, Midshipman
- Masterman, Edward, Captain RN
- Maude, Christopher, Midshipman RN
- Parrey, Robert, Commander RN
- Reed, H, (fl 1925-1952), Chief Petty Officer
- Silvester, George, Chief Petty Officer
- Thompson, T C D, Midshipman
- Turnbull, Alexander, (fl 1859-1898), naval medical officer
- Unnamed male, (fl 1914-1915), sailor
- Wilson, George, Lieutenant RN