Resources Included in the ShipIndex.org Database
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Resources Included in ShipIndex.org Database

The following resources are included in the ShipIndex.org database, so any ships mentioned in them will be in this database. Shaded resources, like "American Lloyds' Registry", are in the subscription database only.

Web 1881 British Census, Crew and Passengers On Ships Arriving In New South Wales (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Journal American Lloyds' Registry of American and Foreign Shipping (1859, 1861-83; via Mystic Seaport's Ship Register Database). New York: E. & G. W. Blunt, 1859-1866.
Journal American Neptune (1941-1990; Vols. 1-50). Salem, Mass.: Peabody Essex Museum, 1997.
Journal American Neptune (1991-1995; Vols. 51-55). Salem, Mass.: Peabody Essex Museum, 1999.
Web Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849 (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Web Boston Passenger Lists 1846-1851 (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Book British vessels lost at sea, 1914-18 and 1939-45. Patrick Stephens: Wellingborough, 1988.
Journal Charleston Mercury (1861-1865; via Accessible Archives' Civil War Newspapers Collection). Malvern, PA: Accessible Archives. Resource requires subscription
Journal Early South Carolina Newspaper Database . Goodland, KS: ESCN Database Reports .
Web Fall River (Mass.) Crew Lists.  National Maritime Digital Library. Go there
Web Florida, Key West Passenger Lists, 1898-1945 (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Web Hamburg, Germany Emigrants (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Web Immigration Records: Passenger Lists 1865-1922. 
Web Individual Ship Websites. 
Book Japanese Aircraft Carriers and Destroyers. London: Macdonald, 1964.
Journal Log of Mystic Seaport (1948-2003; Vols. 1-54). Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum.
Journal Mains'l Haul (1964-2008; Vols. 1-44). San Diego, Calif.: Maritime Museum Association of San Diego.
Journal Mariner's Mirror (1911-2004; Vols. 1-90). London: Society for Nautical Research.
Web Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists, 1917-1943 (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Web Memorials & Monuments in Portsmouth. Portsmouth, UK: Portsmouth City Council, 2002-2019. Go there
Journal Motor Boating (1909-1930). New York: Hearst Corp..
Web National Historic Ships UK: National Register of Historic Vessels. London: National Historic Ships, 2018. Go there
Journal Nautical Research Journal (1948-1995; Vols. 1-40). Bethesda, Md.: Nautical Research Guild.
Journal New-York Marine Register (1858; via Mystic Seaport's Ship Register Database). New York: R.C. Root, Anthony & Co., 1858.
Journal News Of the Day (1855-1856; via Accessible Archives' Civil War Newspapers Collection). Malvern, PA: Accessible Archives. Resource requires subscription
Web Oceanliner Pictures.  Go there
Journal Old Post Union (1855; via Accessible Archives' Civil War Newspapers Collection). Malvern, PA: Accessible Archives. Resource requires subscription
Web Piet's Scheeps Index.  Go there
Web Prison Ship (Hulk) Registers (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Web Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society Images (King County Snapshots series). Seattle: University of Washington Libraries, 2003. Go there
Web Queensland Customs House Shipping 1852-1885: Passengers and Crew (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Web Queensland Ship Deserters 1862-1911 (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Journal Record of American and Foreign Shipping (1871-3, 1875-9, 1881-1900; via Mystic Seaport's Ship Register Database). New York: American Bureau of Shipping.
Journal Richmond Enquirer (1861-1865; via Accessible Archives' Civil War Newspapers Collection). Malvern, PA: Accessible Archives. Resource requires subscription
Journal Rudder (1891-1950; Vols. 1-66). Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications.
Web San Francisco Shanghaiers, 1886-1890.  National Maritime Digital Library. Go there
Journal Sea Chest: The Journal of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society (1967-2011; Vols. 1-45). Seattle: Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, 2011. Go there
Journal Sea Chest: The Journal of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society (1987-1998; Vols. 20-29). Seattle: Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, 1967.
Web Seapixonline Picture Gallery.  Go there
Journal Semi-weekly Western Sun (1857; via Accessible Archives' Civil War Newspapers Collection). Malvern, PA: Accessible Archives. Resource requires subscription
Web Ship Registration Index 1787-1966. Ottawa, Ontario: Library and Archives Canada.
Web Shipwrecks of the Thunder Bay Region. Alpena, MI: National Ocean Service, 2017. Go there
Web South Australia, Passenger Lists 1847-1886 (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Journal Steamboat Bill (1940-2009; Vols. 1-66) and PowerShips (2010; Vol. 67). East Providence, R.I.: Steamship Historical Society of America.
Web Testy McTestface Testing Database. 
Journal The Cape Horner (1964-2010). Bournemouth, UK: International Association Master Mariners - Cape Horners - British Section.
Book The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean, Vol. 1: September 1939-October 1940. London; Portland, OR: Whitehall History Pub., 2002.
Journal The Stars and Strips and Old Post Union (1862; via Accessible Archives' Civil War Newspapers Collection). Malvern, PA: Accessible Archives. Resource requires subscription
Web Through Mighty Seas: Merchant Sailing Ships of the Northwest of England.  2000-. Go there
Web Tyne Tugs and Tug Builders: A History of Tyne Tugs, Their Builders and Owners.  Go there
Journal U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings (1874-1977; Nos. 1-898). Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press.
Web UK Diving: Wreck List.  Personal Print Ltd, 2006?. Go there
Journal Vincennes Courant (1855; via Accessible Archives' Civil War Newspapers Collection). Malvern, PA: Accessible Archives. Resource requires subscription
Journal Vincennes Weekly Western Sun (1857-1865; via Accessible Archives' Civil War Newspapers Collection). Malvern, PA: Accessible Archives. Resource requires subscription
Journal WoodenBoat (1974-2013; Nos. 1-233). Brooklin, ME: WoodenBoat, 1974-.
Web WorldCat. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC.
Web WWI Ships Lost at Sea, 1914-1919 (Findmypast). London: Findmypast, 2019. Go there Resource requires subscription
Book Abend, Hallett. Treaty Ports. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1944.
Book Adams, Arthur G. The Hudson Through the Years, 3rd ed. New York: Fordham University Press, 1996.
Book Albion, Robert G. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
Book Albion, Robert G. Square-Riggers on Schedule: The New York Sailing Packets to England, France, and the Cotton Ports. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1938.
Book Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, and Jennie Barnes Pope. Sea Lanes in Wartime: The American Experience, 1775-1945. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1968.
Book Albion, Robert G. The Rise of New York Port, 1815-1860. New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1970.
Book Alden, John D. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II (Including Allied Submarine Attacks in the Pacific Theater). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989.
Book Allin, Thomas, Sir, and R. C. Anderson. The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, 1660-1678, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 79). London: Navy Records Society, 1939.
Book Allin, Thomas, Sir, and R. C. Anderson. The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, 1660-1678, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 80). London: Navy Records Society, 1940.
Book Allington, Peter, and Basil Greenhill. The First Atlantic Liners: Seamanship in the Age of Paddle Wheel, Sail, and Screw. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1997.
Book Anderson, R.C. Journals and Narratives of the Third Dutch War (Navy Records Society, Vol. 86). London: Navy Records Society, 1946.
Book Anderson, R.C., Pierre Le Conte, Society for Nautical Research. Lists of Men-of-War, 1650-1700. London: Cambridge University Press, 1935.
Book Anderson, R. C. Naval Wars in the Levant, 1559-1853. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1952.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640: A Concise Compendium. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 1 (A-B). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 2 (C-F). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 3 (G-H). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 4 (I-L). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 5 (M-P). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 6 (R-S). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
Book Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 7 (T-Y). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
Book Anuta, Michael J. Ships of Our Ancestors. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2006.
Book Appleyard, H.S. The Constantine Group. Kendal: World Ship Society, 1983.
Book Archibald, Edward H. H. The Metal Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy, 1860-1970. New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1971.
Book Archibald, E. H. H., and Ray Woodward. The Wooden Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy, AD 897-1860. New York: Arco Publishing Co., 1968.
Book Armour, Charles A., and Thomas Lackey. Sailing Ships of the Maritimes: An Illustrated History of Shipping and Shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, 1750-1925. Toronto & New York: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975.
Book Armstrong, Benjamin. Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019.
Book Armstrong, Warren. Atlantic Highway. New York: John Day Co., 1961.
Web Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums. Census of Traditional and Historical Boats of the Mediterranean . Barcelona: Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums, 2014. Go there
Book Atkinson, C.T. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 4 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 37). London: Navy Records Society, 1909.
Book Atkinson, C.T. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 5 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 41). London: Navy Records Society, 1911.
Book Atkinson, C.T. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 6 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 66). London: Navy Records Society, 1930.
Book Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada (CD-ROM). St John's, Nfld.: Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998.
Book Ault, Phillip H. Whistles round the bend : travel on America's waterways. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1982.
Web Australian Maritime Safety Authority. List of Registered Ships. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Go there
Book Bagnasco, Erminio, Augusto de Toro. The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships 1937-1948. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing, 2011.
Book Bagur, Jacques D. A History of Navigation on Cypress Bayou and the Lakes. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, 2001.
Book Baker, William Avery. A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, and the Kennebec River Region. Bath, Maine: Marine Research Society, 1973.
Book Ballantyne, Iain. Strike From the Sea: The Royal Navy & US Navy at War in the Middle East. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2004.
Book Banks, Charles Edward. The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930.
Book Barnaby, K.C. Some Ship Disasters and Their Causes. London: Hutchinson, 1968.
Book Barnett, Correlli. Engage the Enemy More Closely: The Royal Navy in the Second World War. New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991.