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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.

Book Barnette, Michael. Florida's Shipwrecks. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishers, 2008.
Book Barrett, Harry B., and C.F. Coons. Alligators of the North: The Story of the West & Peachey Steam Warping Tugs. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2010.
Book Barrington, Samuel, and D. Bonner-Smith. The Barrington Papers: Selected From the Letters and Papers of Admiral the Hon. Samuel Barrington, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 77). London: Navy Records Society, 1937.
Book Barrington, Samuel, and D. Bonner-Smith. The Barrington Papers: Selected From the Letters and Papers of Admiral the Hon. Samuel Barrington, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 81) . London: Navy Records Society, 1941.
Book Barrow, Tony. The Whaling Trade of North-East England 1750-1850. Sunderland: University of Sunderland Press, 2001.
Book Bateson, Charles. Gold Fleet for California: Forty-Niners from Australia and New Zealand. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press, 1964.
Book Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships, 1787-1868 (1st Edition). Glasgow: Brown, Son, & Ferguson, 1959.
Book Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships, 1787-1868 (2nd Edition). Sydney: Library of Australian History, 2004.
Book Bauer, K. Jack, Stephen S. Roberts. Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Book Baugh, Daniel. Naval Administration 1715-1750 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 120). London: Navy Records Society, 1977.
Book Baugh, Daniel. The Global Seven Years War, 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest. Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2011.
Book Baughman, James P. The Mallorys of Mystic: Six Generations of American Maritime Enterprise. Middletown, Conn.: Marine Historical Society, by Wesleyan University Press, 1972.
Book Baxter, James Phinney. Introduction of the Ironclad Warship. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2001.
Book Beach, Edward L. The United States Navy: 200 Years. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1986.
Book Beatty, David, Earl, and Bryan Ranft. The Beatty Papers: Selections From the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 128). Aldershot, Hants., and Brookfield, Vt.: Scholar Press, for the Navy Records Society, 1989.
Book Bell, Archibald Colquhoun. A History of the Blockade of Germany and the Countries Associated with Her in the Great War, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey, 1914-1918. London: Imperial War Museum, Department of Printed Books, 2015.
Book Belyk, Robert C. Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Book Benbow, Tim. British Naval Aviation: The First 100 Years. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2011.
Book Bender, James, J. D. Davies. Dutch Warships in the Age of Sail, 1600-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing, 2014.
Book Benham, Hervey. Down Tops'l: The Story of the East Coast Sailing-Barges. London: Harrap, 1986.
Book Bennett, Frank M. The Monitor and The Navy Under Steam...with illustrations. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1900.
Book Bennett, Jenny. Sailing Rigs: An Illustrated Guide. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2005.
Book Berry, Stephen Russell. A Path in the Mighty Waters : Shipboard Life and Atlantic Crossings to the New World. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015.
Web Berry, Sterling P. Great Lakes Vessel History: The Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry. Warren, MI: 2019. Go there
Web Biebel, Frank A. The Shipwrecked Passenger Book: Sailing Westward from Europe for the Americas, 1817-1875. New York: F. A. Biebel, 2013. Go there
Book Billy, George J., and Christine M. Billy. Merchant Mariners at War: An Oral History of World War II. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008.
Book Biscoe, Mark Wyman. "No pluckier set of men anywhere": The Story of Ships and Men in Damariscotta and Newcastle, Maine. Newcastle, ME: M. W. Biscoe, 1994.
Book Blair, Clay. Hitler's U-Boat War, Volume 1: The Hunters, 1939-1942. New York: Random House, 1996.
Book Blair, Clay. Hitler's U-Boat War, Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942-1945. New York: Random House, 1998.
Book Blake, George. The Ben Line: The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. of Leith and Edinburgh , and of the Ships Owned and Managed by Them, 1825-1955. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1956.
Book Blake, Robert, and J.R. Powell. The Letters of Robert Blake (Navy Records Society, Vol. 76). Greenwich: Navy Records Society, 1937.
Book Bockstoce, John R. Furs and Frontiers in the Far North : the Contest Among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010.
Book Bockstoce, John R. Steam Whaling in the Western Arctic. New Bedford, MA: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977.
Book Bockstoce, John R., American Philosophical Society. The Opening of the Maritime Fur Trade at Bering Strait: Americans and Russians Meet the Kanjghigmiut in Kotzebue Sound. Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 2005.
Book Bockstoce, John R. Whales, Ice, and Men: The History of Whaling in the Western Arctic. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1995.
Book Bockstoce, John R., William Barr, and Bill Nelson. White Fox and Icy Seas in the Western Arctic: The Fur Trade, Transportation, and Change in the Early Twentieth Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2018.
Book Bollinger, Martin J. Stalin's Slave Ships: Kolyma, the Gulag Fleet, and the Role of the West. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003.
Web Boltjes, Piet. Zeemansleed: [Births and Deaths on Board, from 1800 to the Present]. 
Book Bond, Hallie E. Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995.
Book Bonner-Smith, D., and E. W. R. Lumby. The Second China War, 1856-1860 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 95). London: Navy Records Society, 1954.
Book Bonsor, N. R. P. South Atlantic Seaway: An Illustrated History of the Passenger Lines and Liners from Europe to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Jersey Channel Islands: Brookside Publications, 1983.
Book Bonsor, N.R.P. North Atlantic Seaway: An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New, Volume 5. Jersey Channel Islands: Brookside Publications, 1980.
Book Booth, E. C. Talbot. Talbot-Booth's Merchant Ships Volume 1. New York: Nichols Publishing Co., 1978-1979.
Book Booth, Tony. Cox's Navy: Salvaging the German High Seas at Scapa Flow 1924 - 1931. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2011.
Book Boteler, John Harvey, and David Bonner-Smith. Recollections of My Sea Life from 1808 to 1830 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 82). London: Navy Records Society, 1942.
Book Boudriot, Jean, with collaboration of Hubert Berti, and English translation by David H. Roberts. The History of the French Frigate, 1650-1850. Rotherfield, East Sussex, England: Jean Boudriot Publications, 1993.
Book Bouquet, Michael R. Westcountry Sail: Merchant Shipping, 1840-1960. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971.
Book Bowen, Dana Thomas. Shipwrecks of the Lakes: Told in Story and Picture. Cleveland: Freshwater Press, 1952, 1971.
Book Bowen, Frank C. A Century of Atlantic Travel: 1830-1930. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1930.
Book Bowen, Frank C. The Flag of the Southern Cross, 1939-1945.  Shaw, Savill & Albion, 1947.
Book Bowman, Gerald. The Man Who Bought a Navy: The Story of the World's Greatest Salvage Achievement at Scapa Flow. London: George G Harrap & Co., 1964.
Book Boyer, Carl, 3rd. Ship Passenger Lists: National and New England, 1600-1825. Newhall, Calif.: Carl Boyer, 1977.
Book Boyer, Carl, 3rd. Ship Passenger Lists: New York and New Jersey, 1600-1825. Newhall, Calif.: Carl Boyer, 1978.
Book Boyer, Carl, 3rd. Ship Passenger Lists: Pennsylvania and Delaware (1641-1825). Newhall, California: Boyer, 1980.
Book Boyer, Carl, 3rd. Ship Passenger Lists: The South, 1538-1825. Newhall, Calif.: Carl Boyer, 1979.
Book Boyer, Dwight. Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes: Illustrated with Photographs and Maps. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1968.
Book Bradford, Alfred S. Flying the Black Flag: A Brief History of Piracy. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2007.
Book Bradford, James C. Admirals of the New Steel Navy: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1880-1930. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1990.
Book Bratten, John R. The Gondola Philadelphia & the Battle of Lake Champlain. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2002.
Book Braynard, Frank O. Famous American Ships: Being an Historical Sketch of the United States as told Through its Maritime Life. New York: Hastings House, 1956.
Web Bremen Society for Genealogical Investigation. Bremen Passenger Lists. Bremen. Go there
Book Brewington, M. V. [Marion V.]. Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes and Bugeyes. Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1963.
Book Brewington, M. V. Chesapeake Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History. Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1953.
Web Brian-Davis, Edward. Ship Photos. [U.K.]: 2006-. Go there
Book Bricker, Richard W. Wooden Ships from Texas: A World War I Saga. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1998.
Book Bridge, Cyprian, Sir. History of the Russian Fleet During the Reign of Peter the Great (Navy Records Society, Vol. 15). London: Navy Records Society, 1899.
Book Brinnin, John Malcolm. The Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of the North Atlantic. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000.
Book Brock, Rear Admiral P. W., CB, DSO. Steam and Sail: In Britain and North America. Princeton, NJ: The Pyne Press, 1973.
Book Bromley, J. S. Corsairs and Navies, 1660-1760. London & Ronceverte, W.Va.: Hambledon Press, 1967.
Book Bromley, J.S. The Manning of the Royal Navy: Selected Public Pamphlets, 1693-1873 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 119). London: Navy Records Society, 1974.
Book Brouwer, Norman J. The International Register of Historic Ships, 3rd edition. London, and Peekskill, NY: Chatham Publishing, and Sea History Press, 1999.
Book Brown, D. K. Before the Ironclad: Development of Ship Design, Propulsion and Armament in the Royal Navy, 1815-60. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1990.
Book Brown, David. Carrier Operations in World War II: Volume One, The Royal Navy, Revised Edition. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2009.
Book Brown, David. Carrier Operations in World War II: Volume Two, The Pacific Navies, Dec 1941-Feb 1943. London: Naval Institute Press, 1974.
Book Brown, David. Royal Navy and the Mediterranean, Vol. II: November 1940 - December 1941. London: Whitehall History Publishing, 2002.
Book Brown, David G. White Hurricane: A Great Lakes November Gale and America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Book Brown, Giles T. Ships That Sail No More: Marine Transportation from San Diego to Puget Sound, 1910-1940. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1966.
Book Brown, Paul. Britain's historic ships : a complete guide to the ships that shaped the nation Second Edition. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Conway Bloomsbury, 2016.
Book Browning, Robert M., Jr. U.S. Merchant Vessel War Casualties of World War II. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1996.
Book Broxam, Graeme, Ian Hawkins Nicholson. Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Sydney: Volume III, 1841-1844 and Gazetteer. Canberra: Roebuck Society, 1988.
Book Broxam, Graeme. Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Tasmania 1843-1850, Volume III. Woden, ACT: Navarine Publishing, 1998.
Book Broxam, Graeme. Shipwrecks of Tasmania's Wild West Coast. Hobart, Tasmania: Navarine Publishing, 1993.
Book Broxam, Graeme, and Michael Nash. Tasmanian Shipwrecks: Volume One, 1797-1899. Canberra: Navarine Publishing, 1998.
Book Broxam, Graeme, and Michael Nash. Tasmanian Shipwrecks: Volume Two, 1900-1999. Canberra: Navarine Publishing, 2000.
Book Broxam, Graeme. Those that Survive: Vintage and Veteran Boats of Tasmania. Canberra: Navarine Publishing, 1996.
Book Bruce, Anthony, and William Cogar. An Encyclopedia of Naval History. New York: Checkmark Books, 1998.
Web Bruijn, J. R., ed, F. S. Gaastra and I. Schöffer. Dutch Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries.  Go there
Book Bulley, Anne. The Bombay Country Ships, 1790-1833. Richmond, Surrey, UK: Curzon, 2000.
Book Bullocke, J.G. The Tomlinson Papers: Selected from the Correspondence and Pamphlets of Captain Robert Tomlinson, R.N., & Vice-Admiral Nicholas Tomlinson (Navy Records Society, Vol. 74). London: Navy Records Society, 1935.
Book Bunker, John. Heroes in Dungarees: The Story of The American Merchant Marine in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2006.
Book Bunker, John Gorley. Liberty Ships: The Ugly Ducklings of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1972.
Book Bunting, William Henry. Live Yankees: The Sewalls and Their Ships. Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, 2009.
Book Bunting, William Henry. Portrait of a Port: Boston, 1852-1914. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1971.
Book Bunting, William Henry. Sea Struck. Thomaston, Maine: Tilbury House Publishers, 2016.
Web Bureau of Naval Personnel, US Navy. . Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941–1988. Washington, DC: National Archives.
Book Burgess, Robert H., and H. Graham Wood. Steamboats Out of Baltimore. Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1968.
Book Busch, Briton C., Barry M. Gough. Fur Traders from New England: the Boston Men in the North Pacific, 1787-1800: the Narratives of William Dane Phelps, William Sturgis & James Gilchrist Swan. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1997.
Book Busch, John Laurence. Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier. New Canaan, CT: Hodos Historia, 2010.
Book Bushell, T. A. Eight Bells: Royal Mail Lines War Story, 1939-1945. London: London Trade and Travel, 1950.
Book Butler, Daniel Allen. The Lusitania: The Life, Loss, and Legacy of an Ocean Legend. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000.