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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 Sandström, Fredrik. Sailing Ships Vessel Database.  F. Sandström, 2000-?. Go there
Book Sandwich, Edward Montagu, Earl of, and R.C. Anderson. The Journal of Edward Montagu, First Earl of Sandwich, 1659-1665 (Navy Record Society, Vol. 64). London: Navy Records Society, 1929.
Book Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of. The Private Papers of John, Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-1782, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 69). London: Navy Records Society, 1932.
Book Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of. The Private Papers of John, Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-1782, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 71). London: Navy Records Society, 1933.
Book Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of. The Private Papers of John, Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-1782, Vol. 3 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 75). London: Navy Records Society, 1936.
Book Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of. The Private Papers of John, Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-1782, Vol. 4 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 78). London: Navy Records Society, 1938.
Book Santos, Michael Wayne. Caught in Irons: North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of Sail. Selinsgrove, London: Susquehanna University Press, Associated University Presses, 2002.
Book Satchell, Alister. Running the Gauntlet: How Three Great Liners Carried a Million Men to War, 1942-1945. London: Chatham, 2001.
Book Saul, Norman E. Sailors in Revolt: The Russian Baltic Fleet in 1917. Lawrence, Kansas: Regents Press of Kansas, 1978.
Book Saunders, Hilary Aidan St. George. Valiant Voyaging: A Short History of the British India Steam Navigation Company in the Second World War, 1939-1945. London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1948.
Book Saunders, Malcolm George. The Soviet Navy. New York: F. A. Praeger, 1959.
Book Saunders, Stephen. IHS Jane's Fighting Ships (2012/2013). New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.
Book Sayers, Ken W. U.S Navy Patrol Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland et Company, Inc., Publishers, 2021.
Book Sayers, Ken W. Uncommon Warriors: 200 Years of the Most Unusual American Naval Vessels. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2012.
Book Scammell, G.V. Seafaring, Sailors and Trade, 1450-1750: Studies in British and European Maritime and Imperial History. Great Britain: Ashgate/Variorum, Aldershot, Hampshire, 2003.
Book Scharf, John Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy from its organization to the surrender of the last vessel. Albany, New York: Joseph McDonough, 1894.
Book Schauffelen, Otmar. Great Sailing Ships: An Illustrated Catalogue and History of 150 Extant Barks, Barkentines, Frigates, Schooners and Other Large Sailing Vessels Built Since 1628. New York: Praeger, 1969.
Book Scheina, Robert L. US Coast Guard Cutters and Craft of World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982.
Book Schneller, Robert John. Anchor of Resolve: A History of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Fifth Fleet. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy, 2007.
Book Schofield, B. B. The Russian Convoys. Philadelphia: Dufour Editions, 1964.
Book Schult, Volker, Karl-Heinz Wionzek, Michael G. Price. The German and Austrian Navies in the Philippines, and Their role in the Spanish-American War of 1898: A Collection of Original Documents. Manila, Philippines: National Historical Commission of the Philippines, 2017.
Book Schultz, Charles R. Forty-Niners 'Round the Horn. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1999.
Book Schultz, Charles R. Inventory of the Logbooks and Journals in the G.W. Blunt White Library (G.W. Blunt Library No. 4). Mystic, Conn.: Marine Historical Association for the G.W. Blunt Library , 1965.
Book Schultz, Charles R., Mystic Seaport Library. Inventory of the Mallory Family Papers 1808-1958. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Library, Marine Historical Association, Inc., 1964.
Book Schultz, Charles R., and Mystic Seaport Library. Inventory of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc. Papers, 1889-1927. Mystic, Conn.: Marine Historical Association, 1964.
Book Schultz, Charles R., and G. W. Blunt White Library. Inventory of the Lawrence & Co. Papers, 1822-1904. Mystic, Conn.: Marine Historical Association, 1966.
Book Seligmann, Matthew S. Naval Intelligence from Germany: The Reports of the British Naval Attachés in Berlin, 1906-1914 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 152). Aldershot, Hants, and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate for Navy Records Society, 2007.
Book Seligmann, Matthew S., Frank Nägler, and Michael Epkenhans. The Naval Route to the Abyss: The Anglo-German Naval Race, 1895-1914 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 161). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2014.
Book Sergison, Charles, and R. D. Merriman. The Sergison Papers (Navy Records Society, Vol. 89). London: Navy Records Society, 1950.
Book Sexton, R. T. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, South Australia, 1627-1850: a Guide for Genealogists and Maritime Historians. Ridgehaven, SA: Roebuck Society, 1990.
Book Sheard, Bradley. Lost Voyages: Two Centuries of Shipwrecks in the Approaches to New York. New York: Aqua Quest Publications, 1998.
Web Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Tees Built Ships: Ships Built on the River Tees, Hartlepool, and Whitby.  Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust, 2014-. Go there
Book Shipsides, Frank, and Robert Wall. Bristol: Maritime City. Bristol [England]: The Redcliffe Press, 1981.
Book Shomette, Donald. Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries, 1608-1978. Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1982.
Book Shomette, Donald. Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Book Shomette, Donald. The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake. Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publications, 1996.
Book Shomette, Donald Grady. Privateers of the Revolution: War on the New Jersey Coast, 1775-1783. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2016.
Book Shore, Henry Noel, Baron Teignmouth. Smuggling Days and Smuggling Ways. London: Cassell & Co., 1892.
Book Silverstone, Paul H. Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001.
Book Silverstone, Paul H. The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007. New York: Routledge, 2009.
Book Silverstone, Paul H. The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge, 2008.
Book Silverstone, Paul H. The New Navy, 1883-1922. New York: Routledge, 2006.
Book Silverstone, Paul H. The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001.
Book Simpson, Michael. Anglo-American Naval Relations, 1917-1919 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 130). Aldershot, UK: Scolar Press for the Navy Records Society, 1991.
Book Simpson, Michael. Anglo-American Naval Relations, 1919-1939 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 156). Burlington, VT: Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 2010.
Book Singh, Satyindra. Blueprint to Bluewater: The Indian Navy, 1951-65. New Delhi: Lancer International, 1992.
Book Sinn, Elizabeth. Pacific Crossing: California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2013.
Book Sjostrom, Bengt, Matti Pietikainen. Ships of Our First Century: The Effoa Fleet 1883 - 1983. Helsinki: Otava, 1984.
Book Skalley, Michael. FOSS: Ninety Years of Towboating. Burbank, CA: Superior Publishing Company, 1986.
Book Skogan, John Kristen, and Arne Olav Brundtland. Soviet Seapower in Northern Waters: Facts, Motivation, Impact and Responses. New York: St. Martins Press, 1990.
Book Smith, Col. Leonard H., Jr, and Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Volume I. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2007-2008.
Book Smith, Col. Leonard H., Jr, and Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Volume II. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2007-2008.
Book Smith, Eugene W. Passenger Ships of the World, Past and Present. Boston, Mass.: George H. Dean, 1963.
Book Smith, Myron J. American Civil War Navies: a Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1972.
Book Smith, Myron J., Jr. Battleships and Battle-Cruisers, 1884-1984: A Bibliography and Chronology. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985.
Book Smith, Myron J., Jr. Navies in the American Revolution: A Bibliography: Vol 1. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1973.
Book Smith, Myron J. The American Navy, 1789 - 1860: A Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1964.
Book Smith, Myron J. The American Navy, 1865 - 1918: A Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974.
Book Smith, Myron J. The American Navy, 1918 - 1941: A Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974.
Book Smith, Myron J., Elmo R. Zumwalt, John D. H. Kane. The United States Navy and Coast Guard, 1946-1983 : a Bibliography of English-language Works and 16 mm Films. London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1984.
Book Smith, Myron J. World War II at sea: a bibliography of sources in English Vol 1-3. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1976.
Book Snediker, Quentin, and Ann Jensen. Chesapeake Bay Schooners. Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1992.
Book Snow, Ralph Linwood. Bath Iron Works: The First Hundred Years. Bath, Maine: Maine Maritime Museum, 1987.
Book Snow, Richard F. A Measureless Peril: America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II. New York: Scribner, 2010.
Web Solem, Børge, and Trond Austheim. Norway Heritage: Hands Across the Sea. Rissa & Oslo, Norway: B. Solem & T. Austheim, 1997-.
Book Somerville, Sir James, Michael Simpson, and John Somerville. The Somerville Papers: Selections From the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O. (Navy Records Society, Vol. 134). Aldershot: Scolar, for the Navy Records Society, 1996.
Book Somner, Graeme. Ben Line: Fleet List and Short History. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society, 1967.
Book Sondhaus, Lawrence. Naval Warfare, 1815-1914. London & New York: Routledge, 2001.
Book Sonne, Conway B. Saints on the Seas: A Maritime History of Mormon Migration, 1830-1890. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1983.
Book Sontag, Sherry, and Christopher Drew. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. New York: Public Affairs, 1998.
Book Spencer, George J. S., 2nd earl, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, and Sir Herbert W. Richmond. Private Papers of George, Second Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 46). London: Navy Records Society, 1913.
Book Spencer, George J. S., 2nd earl, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, and Sir Herbert W. Richmond. Private Papers of George, Second Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 48). London: Navy Records Society, 1914.
Book Spencer, George J. S. , 2nd earl, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, and Sir Herbert W. Richmond. Private Papers of George, Second Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801, Vol. 3 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 58). London: Navy Records Society, 1924.
Book Spencer, George J. S., 2nd earl, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, and Sir Herbert W. Richmond. Private Papers of George, Second Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801, Vol. 4 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 59) . London: Navy Records Society, 1924.
Book Spencer, Warren F. The Confederate Navy in Europe. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1997.
Book St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, and D. Bonner-Smith. Letters of Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl of St. Vincent: Whilst the First Lord of the Admiralty, 1801-1804, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 55). London: Navy Records Society, 1922.
Book St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, and D. Bonner-Smith. Letters of Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl of St. Vincent: Whilst the First Lord of the Admiralty, 1801-1804, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 61). London: Navy Records Society, 1927.
Book Stammers, Michael. The Passage Makers: The History of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, 1852-1871. Brighton, England: Teredo Books Ltd, 1978.
Book Standard Oil Company. Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II. New York: Standard Oil Company, 1946.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Coastal Steam Vessels: Our Coastwise Fleets (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 9). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1974.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward, Ruth Diebold, William Diebold. Flyers of the Hudson: Hudson River Steamboats (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 5). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1965.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Great Lakes Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 1). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1962.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 2). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1968.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, Southern and Western Inland Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 8). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1974.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. New York Bay Steam Vessels: New York River and Harbour Notes (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 7). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1968.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward, Elizabeth Stanton Anderson. Nineteenth-century United States Naval Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 4). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1964.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward , Elizabeth Stanton Anderson. Ocean Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 3). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1963.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Stanton's American Steam Vessels: The Classic Illustrations. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2002.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Steam Vessels of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and Rivers (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 6). Meridian, Connecticut: Meridian Gravure Company, 1966.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Towboats and Tugs (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 10). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1989.
Book Starbuck, Alexander. History of the American Whale Fishery, From its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876. New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964.
Web State Archives & Records, New South Wales Government. Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists.  New South Wales Government, 2016(?)-. Go there
Web Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. Ellis Island Ship Database. New York, N.Y.: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, 2009.
Book Stein, Stephen K. The Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, and Trade (Volume 2: A World of Revolutions Through the Present). Santa Barbara, California. Denver, Colorado: An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.
Book Stern, Philip Von Doren. The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial History. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1962.
Book Stern, Robert Cecil. Battle Beneath the Waves: The U-boat War. London: Arms and Armour, 1999.
Book Steven, Margaret. Trade, Tactics and Territory : Britain in the Pacific 1783-1823. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983.
Book Stevens, Edward Frank. One Hundred Years of Houlders (A Record of the History of Houlder Brothers and Co. Ltd from 1849-1950). London: Houlder Brothers and Co, Ltd., 1951.
Book Stewart, Ian G. Liberty Ships in Peacetime and Their Contribution to World Shipping History. Rockingham Beach, W.A.: Stewart Maritime Publishing, 1992.
Book Still, William N. Confederate Shipbuilding. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1969.