History

Resources

SHIPS Project

Links

Plymouth Links

The Wreck of the Metta Catharina at Mount Edgcumbe House

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery

Plymouth Sound BSAC Diving Club

Queens Harbour Master (QHM) Plymouth

Cattewater Harbour Commission

Plymouth and District Archaeology Society

Devon Archaeological Society - An active and friendly organisation with a membership of over 800

Tamar Estuaries Consultative Forum - Estuary management partnership

Plym Valley Heritage - Local history society based at Hooe

Plymouth Data - The Encyclopedia of Plymouth History

Merchant Vessels of the Port of Plymouth - Over 1,800 vessels, registered in the Port of Plymouth prior to 1876

Cyber-Heritage - Historical images of Plymouth

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office - the principal archive repository within Plymouth and the West Devon area

Devon History Society - to further the knowledge and study of the county's history

Devon Karst Research Society

Devon Record Office - collects and preserves the historical records of Devon

South West Image Bank - Safeguarding the region's visual heritage

South West Maritime History Society - encouraging interest in all aspects of maritime history

The Coronation Wreck Project - Work on the 2nd Rate R.N. warship Coronation lost in 1691.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Maritime Archaeology Society

South West Mafia - Diving forum

Yorkshire Divers - Diving forum

International Shipwreck Conference, Plymouth

Plymouth Links

Diving Diseases Research Centre

Plymouth Lifeboat

Plymouth Coastguard

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)

Plymouth City Council

National Marine Aquarium

Archaeology Links

The International Shipwreck Conference

Nautical Archaeology Society

English Heritage Maritime

Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee

The Big Anchor Project

The Council for British Archaeology

Institute for Archaeologists Maritime Affairs Group

Research and GIS Links

British History Online - Digital library

Channel Coastal Observatory - LIDAR Data

Copac - Library catalogue

ConvoyWeb - Web site for merchant ships during WWII

Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels

Maritime Quest - Photographic history of the world's ships

Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory

National Archives

IMAREST Collection at Lloyds Register

JSTOR - Academic journals

National Maritime Museum collections

Naval History.net

Old Ship Picture Galleries

Ordnance Survey OpenData - mapping datasets for Great Britain

PastScape - Information on England's Archaeology and Architecture

Sailing Warships web site

Uboat.net - Information on U-boats from both world wars

Wrecksite - worlds largest online wreck database