| Reference | Detail | Dates | Archive | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D/FAR:AFII | letters to Captain, later Vice Admiral, Robert O'Brian Fitzroy, some about command of HMS Royal Sovereign, 1859-95 |
1859 to 1895 | Dorset History Centre | correspondence navy ships |
| D.239/F14 & 13 | journal of Lieut. A H W Battiscombe in Pelorus Naval Brigade during Maori war in New Zealand, 1860-1, and papers regarding his promotions and commands |
1860 to 1861 | Dorset History Centre | navy service |
| D/RWR:X 17 | letters from Samuel Morley to John Bright at the Board of Trade about the use of HM ship as a training vessel at Bristol, 1869 |
1869 to 1869 | Dorset History Centre | correspondence government navy |
| D/LRM:T21 | copy of an Order of Council referring to the seamen of Dorset press-ganged, 1756 |
1756 to 1756 | Dorset History Centre | recruitment navy impressment |
| PE/COC/OV.194 | papers concerning payment of wages to relations and dependents of men serving in the Royal Navy, including abstracts of Acts concerning payment of wages, 1792 and applications for payments and Pay Office circular, 1807 |
1807 to 1807 | Dorset History Centre | laws service |
| D/LEG:F5-10 | references to press gangs in diaries of the Lester family of Poole, 1770-1802 |
1770 to 1802 | Dorset History Centre | impressment navy recruitment |
| QS Order Book II, pp279-80 | Council Orders to Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum to take up seamen, 1779 |
1779 to 1779 | Dorset History Centre | government navy impressment recruitment |
| Photocopy 178 | Admiralty Office letter to Mayor of Lyme Regis, enclosing press warrants, 1787 |
1787 to 1787 | Dorset History Centre | navy correspondence recruitment impressment |
| D.239/F13 | complement of HMS Victory before paying off, 1868 |
1868 to 1868 | Dorset History Centre | navy ships |
| D/BTM/F24/1 | letter from Harry Jennings to brother Wal of account of first world war naval actions and the sinking of HMS Speedy, 9 October 1914 |
1914 to 1914 | Dorset History Centre | correspondence navy ships wrecks battles |
| D/FAR:A/FIO | papers concerning the naval career of Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1818-63 |
1818 to 1863 | Dorset History Centre | navy service |
| PE/WCC/IN15 | instructions to Whitechurch Canonicorum vicar on procedure to obtain payment of naval prize-money to a parishioner, 1812 |
1812 to 1812 | Dorset History Centre | ministers navy |
| D/WCH:F34 | papers, commissions, etc. of Commander E F Weld, RN, 1844-66 |
1844 to 1866 | Dorset History Centre | navy service |
| D.257/F3-5 | papers of Rear-Admiral H W Battiscombe, 1846-63, including order to join his new command the Snipe, certificates as to conduct and service on HM ships |
1846 to 1863 | Dorset History Centre | navy recruitment ships discipline |
| D.1/2693c | note of vessels seized from 'Hynton and Blunte two Pirates' and brought into Poole, 1580 |
1580 to 1580 | Dorset History Centre | piracy |
| D/WLC/X12 | indictments of Edward Thynn, Joseph May and Henry Hurding for piracy, Weymouth, 1603 |
1603 to 1603 | Dorset History Centre | pirates |
| D/WLC/X13 | warrant from Lord High Admiral to Lord Howard to deliver up a ship with Spanish wine taken by pirates, 1604 |
1604 to 1604 | Dorset History Centre | navy alcohol piracy |
| DC/BTB:M2 | references within Bridport borough accounts to pirates kept in prison, 1613 |
1613 to 1613 | Dorset History Centre | piracy jail gaol |
| D.1/2693e | petition against Turkish pirates from the merchants and ship owners of Exeter, Plymouth, Barnstaple, Dartmouth, Lyme Regis, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, n.d. [?1636] |
1636 to 1636 | Dorset History Centre | piracy |
| PE/SYM:RE 1/2 | reference to money collected for the redemption of seamen held captive by Turks, 1668 |
1668 to 1668 | Dorset History Centre | pirates piracy |