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The Britannia Association are pleased to
have reciprocal web links with a wide variety of organisations
who also serve the naval community.
This link list is growing and appropriate
additions are welcome - click
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Association of Royal Navy Officers (ARNO) www.arno.org.uk
ARNO is both a Charitable Trust and a
Social Fellowship for Serving and Retired Commissioned
Officers of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the Queen
Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, the former Women's
Royal Naval Service, and their Reserves. The Charitable Trust
affords assistance to officers in need. The separate
Membership Association provides diverse and substantial
benefits for its fast growing membership.
HMS BRISTOL
www.hmsbristol.plus.com (unofficial site)
The HMS BROADSWORD Association
www.hmsbroadsword.co.uk
HMS Cassandra Association
www.axfordsabode.org.uk/cass-mat.htm
HMS CAVALIER ASSOCIATION
www.hmscavalier.org.uk
HMS GANGES Association www.hmsgangesassoc.org
HMS VENGEANCE Associationwww.hms-vengeance.co.uk
HMS WILDFIRE Association
www.hmswildfire.org.uk
HMS VICTORY
www.hms-victory.com
National Maritime Museum http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
LEADER CLASS FRIGATES
The Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officers' Association (MCDOA) www.mcdoa.org.uk
The Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officers' Association
(MCDOA) was formed in 1991 and currently has over 260 serving and retired members from all over
the world. Its aim is to perpetuate the "Esprit de Corps" of MCDOs and MWOs for their mutual
benefit through the frequent exchange of information and regular meetings. The website contains:
joining information; news and photographs of operations, people, events and past courses; a
social calendar; historical data; members' reminiscences
and personal updates; a message board; a book section; funnies; and much more.
Navy Records Society www.navyrecordssociety.com
The Navy Records Society was founded in
1893 by a small group of historians, naval officers,
publicists and statesmen lead by Professor Sir John Knox
Laughton and Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge. Their object was to
publish original materials on the history of the Royal Navy,
as the basis for the development of policy and doctrine. The
Society, which has charitable status, continues to flourish
through the support of a truly international membership. At
present members receive at least one volume per annum, often
two, and the Society has an impressive list of titles awaiting
publication.
RN Reserve
A top level perspective of the RNR and
its activities from board level down to divisions, the RNR 100
Project [100 years of RNVR-RNR], historical pictures,
publications, mementoes and an overview of the RNR Air Branch.
St Vincent Association www.hmsstvincentassoc.org
The Royal Naval Communications
Association www.rnca.info
Ton Class Association (TCA) www.tca2000.co.uk
The TCA acts as a source of contact for
officers and ratings who have served more than 14 days on
board a Ton class vessel. It also seeks to provide a
photographic history of the Tons. Its patron is HRH the Prince
of Wales.
Navigating and Direction Officers
Association www.ndassoc.net
The Royal Marines Band Service / The
Blue Band Magazine
http://www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk
835 Royal Naval Air Squadron http://365squadron.co.uk
International Submariners Association
(Great Britain)
We are not aware of a QARNNS association
web site - this links provided interesting information about
careers in the QARNNS for women and men.
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.6067
DDAY & Normandy Fellowship www.eurosurf.com/DDNF
Hold annual service of commemoration in Portsmouth Cathedral
in June
Normandy Memorial and DDAY Navy www.eurosurf.com/ddaynavy
Story behind getting a new memorial errected in France in 2000
Has pretty complete list of ships at DDAY
MOD Veterans' Agency www.veteransagency.mod.uk/
This is a
government site that represents the "rebranding" of
the War Pensions Agency. It offers key info re claiming war
pensions, service pensions, replacing lost medals, accessing
commissioned offers' service records, and the role of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission amongst others. It provides
a conduit between veterans pressure groups and the government
minister.
My DDAY Online Archive www.eurosurf.com/DD&NF
Records
personal memories in their own words
Membership of the Britannia Association
extends to officers from other navies round the world who have
trained at BRNC or participated in other naval course provided
by the Royal Navy.
Here are links to some of those navies -
in alphabetical order
Please note that our research is
incomplete - if your navy is missing, please contact
us us to be added
U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association
and Foundation
www.usna.com/
The Association of Graduates at the
U.S. military Academy.
www.aog.usma.edu
The Marines Memorial Club
www.marineclub.com/
Royal Naval Sailing Association
www.rnsa.co.uk
The In and Out Club
www.navalandmilitaryclub.co.uk
The Naval Club
www.navalclub.co.uk
The Friends of Camperdown House www.camperdownhouse.org.uk
Two hundred and seven years ago Scotland's foremost naval hero, Admiral Duncan won a decisive naval victory against the Dutch. Blazing glory in some of Britain's darkest days, Dundonian Admiral Duncan's brilliant tactics and gutsy heroism resulted in the tide of war being turned against the Dutch, France's allies during the early days of the French Revolutionary wars.
The Friends of Camperdown along with Dundee City Council, celebrate the life of Admiral Adam Duncan and work to preserve Camperdown House.
Home Page of VAdm. Horatio Lord Nelson
KB www.admiralnelson.org/
A site detailing Nelson's Life, Battles,
Ships, together with Emma and Horatia. Set up by the 1805 Club
whose role is to assist in the preservation of monuments and
memorials relating to Vice Admiral Lord Nelson and seafaring
people of the Georgian era, to promote research into the Royal
Navy of the Georgian period, especially Vice Admiral Lord
Nelson.
National Maritime Museum http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
The National Maritime Museum Greenwich
was founded by the National Maritime Museum Act in 1934 and
opened to the public in 1937. The Museum is the largest
maritime museum in the world, covering every aspect of ships
and seafaring, in peace and at war, from pre-history to today.
The collections illustrate themes of Britain and the sea,
empire and cultural interchange, sea-power, maritime
technology, exploration and navigation. The Museum also
incorporates the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Queen's
House.
Information on the exhibitions, displays,
buildings, galleries, collections, conferences and other
activities, together with interesting facts for each of the
three Museums is available on the site. Sections within the
Museum described on the site include: the Film Archive (a
subject index of films is available on the site); Historic
Photographs and Ships Plans; the Library and Manuscripts
section (it is possible to search both the Library catalogue
and the Manuscript Collections guide); and the Picture Library
(users can search the Prints and Drawings catalogue, and view
a selection of images). The site contains the Search Station,
Collections On-Line and Maritime Art Greenwich, which allow
access to thematic highlights of the collections. The site
also includes: visitor information; educational services,
including fact files for teachers and adult education
programmes; a shopping gallery, which includes Museum
publications; details of events, including conferences and
free research seminars; the Women and the Sea Network; and
press releases. In June 2001 the National Maritime Museum
became part of AEMM, an informal association of the European
Maritime Museums in Amsterdam, Barcelona, London and Paris.
Navy Records Society www.navyrecordssociety.com
The Navy Records Society was founded in
1893 by a small group of historians, naval officers,
publicists and statesmen lead by Professor Sir John Knox
Laughton and Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge. Their object was to
publish original materials on the history of the Royal Navy,
as the basis for the development of policy and doctrine. The
Society, which has charitable status, continues to flourish
through the support of a truly international membership. At
present members receive at least one volume per annum, often
two, and the Society has an impressive list of titles awaiting
publication.
The Nelson Society
www.nelson-society.org.uk
The Nelson Room
www.thenelsonroom.com
Society for Nautical Research
www.snr.org
Unofficial Naval History Site
Navy News Online www.navynews.co.uk/
Begun in 1954 from money redirected from
the HMS Nelson pig-swill fund, the Navy News can now be found
gracing Royal Navy vessels, shore bases, naval clubs and
public libraries world-wide, as well as local newsagents
throughout the UK. Expatriate communities and ex-Service
associations use its columns to keep in touch with new
developments and old shipmates
World Ship Trust
www.worldshiptrust.org
Janes Fighting Ships
jfs.janes.com
This link list is growing and appropriate additions are
welcome - click here
to request a link
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