British Navy Lists

A Navy List is an ‘official list of naval officers, their ranks and seniority, the ships which they command or to which they are appointed, etc., that is published by the government or naval authorities of a country’.

The Navy Lists are a popular source of information for family historians.

This dataset gives details of officers who served in the British Royal Navy during the First and Second World Wars and covers the years  1913-1921 and 1939-1945.

The lists were issued monthly, bimonthly and quarterly.

It contains lists of active and retired officers and their roles. It includes the Royal Marines, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. It also gives details of naval ships and other vessels.

This dataset forms only a small part of the Library’s collection of Navy lists.

Related datasets

Visit the Weekly Casualty Lists page on the Data Foundry website: Weekly Casualty Lists

Visit the British Air Force Lists page on the Data Foundry website: British Air Force Lists

Visit the British Army Lists page on the Data Foundry website: British Army Lists