Maritime Data bases and Dictionaries links

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[these links and references to other sites are not necessarily endorsed by this Society, but are indicated as aids to further research. Errors, ommissions and additions are warmly welcomed]

Abbreviations and Acronyms used in shipping

Admiralty law

Australian National Maritime Heritage Database Search

Bibliographie des Dictionnaires de Marine

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

EQUASIS Ship database

Fairplay Pubs - databases, ships, ports, etc; sometimes helpful

International Telegraphic Union - MARS

Legal, Admiralty Law, etc - Professor Tetley's maritime law pages

Marine terms and acronyms

Maritime and Naval Dictionaries - C17th

Maritime and Naval Dictionaries - C18th

Maritime and Naval Dictionaries - C19th

Maritime history citations for the OED

Military Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Norwegian Ship Registers NIS and NOR

Oceanwide.com databases (commercial shipping)

On-line dictionaries

Oxford English Dict. Maritime history citations

Prints, maps, charts, etc

Proposed historical dictionary of mediterranean nautical terms

Ship List, The Genealogy, passenger lists, etc

Ships Register [*]

Terminology resources on the Internet

UK National Register of Archives: merchant shipping and seamen

US Naval vessel Registry

[*] - Requires commercial subscription

Revised October 5, 2002