Maritime history

Categories

Pirates Shipping accidents

Sites

Australian Register of Historic Vessels

The Australian Register of Historic Vessels (ARHV) presents vessels of all types and sizes built up to 1965 which are significant to Australia's maritime heritage. It features information on their designers, builders and owners, as well as the social and geographical context in which they have existed. On the ARHV, vessels are used as the key to exploring their wider backgrounds.

CLIP - the Crew List Index Project

CLIP was set up to improve access to the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th century and has gathered the largest database of entries from crew lists. CLIP is confined to merchant seafarers on British registered ships for the period 1861 to 1913.

Encyclopedia Titanica

Extensive information about the R.M.S. Titanic. Includes passenger and crew lists with passenger lists divided alphabetically and crew lists divided into individual occupations; schematic deck plans of the ship; lifeboat details containing listings of passengers and crew that were saved and their biographies, animations and a detailed chronology. An index to related organisations, discussion groups, bibliographies, newspaper accounts, personal home pages and exhibitions is also included.

Great Ships

The Postcard and Ephemera Collection of Jeff Newman

JMR (Journal for Maritime Research)

Marine Navigation in the Age of Exploration

Maritime Archaeological Association of NZ (MAANZ)

Maritime memorial

The memorial database contains records of over 4000 church, cemetery and public memorials to seafarers and victims of maritime disasters, including many important works by prominent sculptors and designers. From the National Maritime Museum

Mary Rose

The Mary Rose is the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII. After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology.

National Historic Ships Committee (NHSC)

Maintains the National Register of Historic Vessels is a database containing information about surviving historic vessels in the United Kingdom. There are currently over 1,200 vessels listed in the database

National Maritime Museum Charts and maps

The National Maritime Museum collections contain more than 100,000 sea charts and maps dating from the medieval period to the present day.

Navy Museum

New Zealand Coastal Shipping

Enthusiasts' web site which traces the history of coastal shipping around New Zealand. Illustrated and features information about coastal shipping in Canterbury.

New Zealand Maritime Index

An index of published articles about ships, organisations and maritime personnel. Produced by the New Zealand National Maritime Museum

New Zealand Maritime Record - Ship Index

The New Zealand Maritime Record contains detailed illustrated histories of about 50 vessels which have strong New Zealand connections.

Northern Steam Ship Company

History of the company from the Maritime Museum

NZ Marine History

from the New Zealand Shipping and Marine Society

Toroa Preservation Society Inc.