My friend John Asmussen's websites are a fantastic resource for information on the German warships of World War 2. Detailed information and photographs of all the heavy ships and a great section on the Hilfskreuzers (commerce raiders) including war records.

Bismarck class / Scharnhorst class / Admiral Hipper class / Deutschland class / Hilfskreuzers

My friend David Page has the best photo resource website for ships of the Royal Navy on the web. Photos include ships and submarines of all sizes and classes. Without David's help the Royal Navy section on my website would not exist.

Navy Photos.co.uk

A fantastic resource for information on the design and capability of Naval weapons past to present day. Includes weapons from a multitude of nations.

Naval Weapons

A very nice research website by Gilbert Provost includes a searchable selection from Lloyd's register.

Genealogy Ships and Wines

A good resource for detailed information on the Titanic. Also contains information on other ships and a huge resource for links cataloged by subject.

Titanic Nautical Resource Center

Geoff Chalcraft has a great website devoted to Royal Navy Submarines of World War 2. Geoff is a great guy and has provided me with valuable information on Royal Navy Subs.

Royal Navy Subs of WW2

Maik Ebel in Hamburg has a very good website devoted to photos he has taken over a number of years living in the area. Maik has a remarkable collection of photographs of cargo ships, bulk carriers and tankers which have passed his lens.

Ship-Photos.de

New interactive website for ship photographers. You can upload your photos and
and create your own photo albums.

Ships and Harbours.com

 

My friend Gordon Smith runs two of the premier sites devoted primarily to the Royal Navy and the naval history of both World Wars. There is far too much info to describe it in detail here however, you will find an enormous amount of intricate detail on the Royal Navy and information on the other navies that fought in the wars.

Naval-History.net

World War 1 at sea.net

 

Peter Rowlands has put together a great website devoted to the HMS Royal Oak and her crew. It is full
of valuable information on the ship, crew and the Orkney Islands. He is also an artist and documentary film producer and has made a fantastic 50 minute video on the HMS Royal Oak. He was kind enough to send me
a copy and I highly recommend it for your collection.

HMS Royal Oak.com

HMS Royal Oak Video

My friend J. Kent Layton is an author and maritime historian, his website is devoted to the great ocean liners of
days gone by and offers a variety of information on some of the greatest Atlantic liners in history.

Atlantic Liners.com

Arnold Hague (1930 - 2006) served in the RN and RNR from 1949 until he retired in 1979 with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. During his service, he had command of two Reserve Communications Centres and the Sea Cadet Corps in the West Midlands. Later, he was a sub-editor for Jane's Fighting Ships. However, he will
be best known as one of the foremost Naval Historians of the WW2 period and published a number of books
on the subject. Through the efforts of Don Kindell and others the World War 2 convoy database he spent much
of his life collecting is being posted to the internet. This is a fantastic resource for information on convoy
movements and the vessels involved.

Arnold Hague Convoy Database

www.convoyweb.org.uk (Main Page)

The Northeast War Memorial Project is a website designed to cover every War Memorial, of whatever type, located in Northumberland, Newcastle-on-Tyne and County Durham as defined by the Pre 1974 boundaries.
It is intended to assist the public, Local History Groups and Schools, to learn about and research their neighbourhood War Memorials, and record the results.

Northeast War Memorial Project

Purr 'n' Fur, a website about cats has among other things sections about mascots and ship's cats including
Simon of the Amethyst. Photos and details about these pets that provided comfort to the crews of these
fighting ships.

www.purr-n-furr.org.uk