Special volumes

These volumes include the small number of occasional publications produced for special occasions or in a very different form from the usual volume, and volumes that are of general interest, popular and in print.

The Anthony Roll

This special publication, unlike most NRS volumes, contains numerous illustrations of the ships of Henry VIII's navy, including his flagship the Mary Rose. Read more about the Anthony Roll.

British Naval Documents 1204-1960

To celebrate its centenary in 1993, the Society produced a special volume covering seven hundred and fifty years of British naval history, containing 535 documents carefully selected by leading experts. See the contents of British Naval Documents 1204-1960.

The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815

This valuable work of reference (OP1) shows the key dates in the career of every traceable commissioned officer who served in the Royal Navy between the Restoration of King Charles II and the close of the Napoleonic Wars. Read more about the Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy.

Special volumes currently out of print

Views of the Battles of the Third Dutch War

Index to James’ Naval History

Naval Songs and Ballads

See our advice on obtaining volumes that are out of print.

Popular volumes (in print)

Nelson's Letters to his Wife and other documents

Logs of the Great Sea Fights, 1794-1805

Nelson and the Neapolitan Jacobins