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Home > Victorian Military Life > The British Navy
- Naval Tactics (Illustrated London Reading Book, 1850)
- Our Naval Defences: Pembroke Dockyards
(Cassell's Family Paper, 1859)
- Ships of War
(Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)
- The British Fleet
(Illustrated London Almanack, 1869)
- A short article describing the ships of the British fleet, to accompany the 12 engravings that appeared in this issue.
- Life on Board a Man-of-War
(Harper's Monthly, 1873A)
- How We Got Frank Off to Sea, by Phillis Browne
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875)
- An interesting look at the steps involved in training a boy to become a sailor, along with a list of the clothing and other articles required (with their costs) for a boy about to set off as a cadet on a training ship.
- How to Obtain Naval Cadetships, by C.R. Low
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)
- Man Overboard: A Story of Sea-Service, by Vice-Admiral Sir William King Hall, KCB
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)
- A Naval event of 1856.
- How to Become an Engineer in the Royal Navy
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1877)
- A Conversazione of Telegraph Engineers
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)
- A look into the migratory life of the telegraph engineer employed by the submarine companies.
- On Submarine Telegraph Service, by J. Munro
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)
- The Merchant [Marine] Service as a Profession
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1887)
- The Queen's Navy, by Lt. F. Harrison Smith, Royal Navy
(St. Nicholas, 1889)
- Famous Naval Figurehead Relics
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1891)
- Boy Soldiers and Sailors, by Frances H. Low (The Strand, 1892B)
- A look at the lads of the Royal Military Asylum, an institution founded for the orphaned children of soldiers.
- Preparation for the Navy: On Board the HMS Britannia, by Raymond Blathwayt
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)
- How Blue-Jackets Are Trained, by Archibald S. Hurd
(Windsor Magazine, 1896B)
- Training in the British Navy.
- Sailor VCs
(The Strand, 1896B)
- Sailors who have won the Victoria Cross.
- Naval Engineers and Their Training, by Archibald S. Hurd
(Windsor Magazine, 1897B)
- The Making of an Armour-Plate [Battleship], by Robert Machray
(Windsor Magazine, 1899B)
- The Training Ship "Exmouth," by Dr. Ch. H. Leibbrand
(The Strand, 1899A)
- Signalling in the Army and Navy, by Herbert C. Fyfe
(The Strand, 1899B)
- Tommy on a Transport: Chats with Transport Captains, by Alfred Story
(The Strand, 1900A)
- Where British Sailors Learn to Shoot, by E.A. Brayley Hodgetts
(The Strand, 1900A)
- Naval gunnery practice at Whale Island.
- The Rank-and-File of the British Navy, by Lord Charles Beresford
(The Strand, 1900B)
- His Majesty's Submarines, by Herbert C. Fyfe
(Good Words, 1902)
- The Making of an "A.B." [Able-Bodied Seaman], by C. Lang Neill
(Windsor Magazine, 1902A)
- Training for boys at the Royal Naval School at Greenwich.
- • See the Military History section for articles on specific naval engagements.
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