The Britannia Naval Research Association has a number of esteemed writers in its membership.
The BNRA encourages and supports all members in producing books and publications to share their knowledge of naval heritage. We aim to promote and ensure BNRA members' and friends' books are as widely accessible as possible, and a selection of currently available books are listed below.
If you have written or been involved in publishing a book which you feel would be of interest to BNRA members, please contact us.
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Nelson’s State Funeral 1806
Is there anything left to say about Lord Nelson? Surprisingly, there is. Innumerable books have traced the admiral’s career to his heroic death at Trafalgar, but here is the first full account of what happened to him afterwards. Amos and…
The Portsmouth Dockyard Story
From muddy creek to naval-industrial powerhouse; from constructing wooden walls to building Dreadnoughts; from maintaining King John’s galleys to servicing the enormous new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers: this is the story of Portsmouth Dockyard. Respected maritime historian Paul Brown’s unique…
Maritime Portsmouth
For three centuries Portsmouth has been the leading base of the Royal Navy, but the naval heritage of its port can be traced back to the Roman invasion of Britain. From the Roman walls of Portchester to the best-preserved Georgian…
Hood and Bismarck
The discovery of the wreck of the Royal Navy’s ‘Mighty Hood’, catastrophically sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in 1941’s Battle of the Denmark Strait. Rob White records Hood’s history, while wreck-finder extraordinary David Mearns recounts how he found the…