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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.

Book Halpern, Paul G. Naval History of World War I. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2012.
Book Halpern, Paul G. The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 158). Burlington, VT: Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 2011.
Book Halpern, Paul G. The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, 1915-1918 (Navy Records Society Vol. 126). Aldershot, Hants.: Temple Smith, for the Navy Records Society, 1987.
Book Hamilton, Douglas J., and Robert J. Blyth. Representing Slavery: Art, Artefacts, and Archives in the Collections of the National Maritime Museum. Aldershot, England; & Burlington, VT: Lund Humphries, 2007.
Book Hampshire, Edward. From East of Suez to the Eastern Atlantic: British Naval Policy 1964-70. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013.
Book H. E. Hancock, and L. Cope Cornford. Semper Fidelis: The Saga of The Navies (1924-1948): Being an Account of the Services of the Ships and Men of the General Steam Navigation Company, Limited, in Peace and War Through the Period 1942-1948. London: General Steam Navigation Co., 1949.
Book Harbron, John D. Communist Ships and Shipping. New York: Praeger, 1963.
Book Harcourt, Freda. Flagships of Imperialism: The P&O Company and the Politics of Empire from its Origins to 1867. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2006.
Book Harland, John, Mark Myers. Seamanship In the Age of Sail : An Account of the Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-of-war, 1600-1860, Based on Contemporary Sources. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2000.
Web Harley, Simon, Nick Jellicoe, & Anthony Lovell. The Dreadnought Project.  Go there
Book Harlow, Jonathan. The Ledger of Thomas Speed, 1681-1690 (Bristol Record Society, Vol. 63). Bristol, England: Bristol Record Society, 2011.
Book Harris, John. The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020.
Web Harrison, Simon. Three Decks: Warships in the Age of Sail.  Simon Harrison, 2010-2012. Go there
Book Hart Dyke, David. Four Weeks in May: The Loss of the HMS Coventry: A Captain's Story. London: Atlantic, 2007.
Web Hartlepool Borough Council. Hartlepool History Then and Now. Hartlepool, UK: Hartlepool Borough Council. Go there
Book Haskew, Michael E. Aircraft Carriers: The Illustrated History of the World's Most Important Warships. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press, 2016.
Book Hastings, D.J. The Royal Indian Navy, 1612-1950. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988.
Book Hatch, Gardner N., Destroyer Escort Sailors Association. Trim, but Deadly (Volume II). Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1987.
Book Hatcher, Harlan, and Erich A. Walter, and Orin W. Kaye. A Pictorial History of the Great Lakes. New York: Crown Publishers, 1963.
Book Hattendorf, John B. British Naval Documents, 1204-1960 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 131). Aldershot, Hants, England: Scholar Press, for the Navy Records Society, 1993.
Book Hattendorf, John B., and Pelham Boyer. To the Java Sea: Selections from the Diary, Reports, and Letters of Henry E. Eccles, 1940-1942. Newport: Naval War College Press, 2021.
Book Hattendorf, John B., and Richard W. Unger, eds. War at Sea in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Boydell Press, 2003.
Book Hattendorf, John B., ed. Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Book Havighurst, Walter. Voices on the River: The Story of the Mississippi Waterwayw. New York: Macmillan, 1964.
Book Havighurst, Walter Edwin. The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1943.
Book Hawke, Edward, and Ruddock F. MacKay. The Hawke Papers: A Selection, 1743-1771 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 129). Aldershot, UK: Scolar Press for the Navy Records Society, 1990.
Book Haws, Duncan, and David Savill. Anchor Line (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 9). Hereford, England: TCL Publications, 1988.
Book Haws, Duncan. Donaldson Line (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 13). Heresford, England: TLC Publications, 1988.
Book Haws, Duncan. Glen and Shire Lines (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 22).  1991.
Book Haws, Duncan. Pacific Steam Navigation Company (PSNC) (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 8). Hereford, England: TCL Publications, 1990.
Book Haws, Duncan, and Alexander Anthony Hurst. The Maritime History of the World: a Chronological Survey of Maritime Events, Supplemented by Commentaries. Sussex, England: Teredo Books Ltd., 1985.
Book Haws, Duncan. The Ships of the Blue Funnel Line (Merchant Ships in Profile, no. 6). Torquay: TCL Publications, 1984.
Book Haws, Duncan. The Ships of the Cunard, American, Red Star, Inman, Leyland, Dominion, Atlantic Transport and White Star lines (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 2). Cambridge, England: Stephens, 1979.
Book Haws, Duncan. The Ships of the Hamburg America, Adler, and Carr Lines (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 4). Cambridge: Stephens, 1980.
Book Haws, Duncan. The Ships of the New Zealand Shipping and Federal Steam Navigation Companies (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 7). Burwash, E Sussex: TCL Publications, 1985.
Book Haws, Duncan. The Ships of the Royal Mail & Nelson Lines (Merchant Ships in Profille, no. 5). Crowborough, Sussex: TCL Publications, 1982.
Book Haws, Duncan. The Ships of the Union, Castle & Union-Castle, Allan, and Canadian Pacific Lines (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 3). Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens, 1979.
Book Haws, Duncan, and Stephen Rabson. The Ships of the P&O, Orient, and Blue Anchor Lines (Merchant Fleets in Profile, no. 1). Cambridge, England: P. Stephens, 1978.
Book Hawthorne, Edward. Electric Boats on the Thames, 1889-1914. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1995.
Book Heal, S.C. A Great Fleet of Ships: The Canadian Forts & Parks. St. Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell Publishing, 1999.
Book Hearn, Chester G. Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
Book Hearn, Chester G. George Washington's Schooners: The First American Navy. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
Book Heck, Timothy, and B. A. Friedman. On Contested Shores : The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare. Quantico, Virginia: Marine Corps University Press, 2020.
Book Hegarty, Reginald B., Philip F. Purrington, and Alexander Starbuck. Returns of Whaling Vessels Sailing From American Ports: A Continuation of Alexander Starbuck's "History of the American Whaling Fishery," 1876-1928. New Bedford, Mass.: Old Dartmouth Historical Society and Whaling Museum, 1959.
Book Hegarty, Reginald B., comp. Addendum to "Starbuck" and "Whaling Masters": New Bedford Customs District. New Bedford, Mass.: New Bedford Free Public Library, 1964.
Book Heidler, David Stephen, and Jeanne T. Heidler. Encyclopedia of the War of 1812. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
Web Helgason, Gudmundur, , ed. uboat.net. Reykjavik, Iceland: G. Helgason, 1995-2011.
Book Henderson, Graeme. Unfinished Voyages: Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1622-1850 (2nd ed.) . Crawley: University of Western Australia Press, 2007.
Book Hennessy, Mark William. The Sewall ships of steel. Augusta, ME: Kennebec Journal Press, 1937.
Book Hepper, David J. British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield, UK: Jean Boudriot Publications, 1994.
Book Hepper, David J. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era, 1860-1919. London: Chatham Publishing, 2006.
Book Burns, Rupert Herbert, and Sam Bateman and Peter Lehr. Lloyd's MIU Handbook of Maritime Security. London, New York: CRC Press ; Lloyd's MIU, Boca Raton, 2009.
Book Hewett, Janet B., ed. Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 2001.
Book Hewitt, Nick. Coastal Convoys, 1939-1945: The Indestructible Highway. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2008.
Book Heyl, Erik. Early American Steamers (Volumes 1-6). Buffalo, NY: Erik Heyl, 1953-1969.
Book Hill, Alexander , Felipe Rodriguez. Soviet Destroyers of World War II. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2018.
Book Hill, Frederic B. Ships, Swindlers, and Scalded Hogs: The Rise and Fall of the Crooker Shipyard in Bath, Maine. Lanham, MD: Down East Books, 2016.
Book Hilton, George W. Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2002.
Web Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Vessels Online Index. Bowling Green, Ohio: BGSU Libraries. Go there
Book Hollett, David. Passage to the New World: Packet Ships and Irish Famine Emigrants, 1845-1851. Abergavenny, Great Britain: P.M. Heaton Publishing, 1995.
Book Holly, David C. Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet. Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1994.
Book Holly, David C. Tidewater by Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake: The Weems Line on the Patuxent, Potomac, and Rappahannock. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Calvert Marine Museum, 1991.
Book Hood, Viscount Samuel, and David Hannay. Letters Written by Sir Samuel Hood (Viscount Hood) in 1781-2-3 (Navy Records Society Vol. 3). London: Navy Records Society, 1895.
Book Hooper, Ralph W., and Rodney P. Carlisle. Oil & Water: The Story of Interstate Oil Transport. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Independence Seaport Museum, 2003.
Book Hore, Peter, and National Maritime Museum. The Habit of Victory: The Story of the Royal Navy, 1545 to 1945. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2005.
Web Hoskin, John E. Flotilla Australia.  John E. Hoskin, 2007-12. Go there
Book Hough, Richard. Fighting Ships. New York: Putnam, 1969.
Book Howarth, Stephen. Morning Glory: A History of the Imperial Japanese Navy. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1983.
Book Howarth, Stephen. The Fighting Ships of The Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945. New York: Atheneum, 1983.
Book Howarth, Stephen. To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991. New York: Random House, 1991.
Book Howe, Octavius T., M.D., and Frederick C. Matthews. American Clipper Ships, 1833-1858. Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1926.
Book Howgego, Raymond John, . Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to the History and Literature of Exploration, Travel, and Colonization from the Earliest Times to the Year 1800. Potts Point: Hordern House, 2003.
Book Eleanor Hughes, et al. Spreading Canvas: Eighteenth-century British Marine Painting. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2016.
Book Hulbert, Archer Butler. The Ohio River: A Course of Empire. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1906.
Book Hunter, Louis C. Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1949.
Book Hurst, Alex A. Square-riggers, the Final Epoch, 1921-1958. Sussex, U.K.: Teredo Books, 1972.
Book Huycke, Harold D. To Santa Rosalia: Further and Back. Newport News, VA: Mariners Museum, 1970.
Book Hyde, Francis E. , J.R. Harris and A.M. Bourn. Shipping Enterprise and Management, 1830-1939: Harrisons of Liverpool. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1967.
Book Hyde, Francis E., and J. R. Harris. Blue Funnel: A History of the Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool, from 1865 to 1914. Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press, 1957.
Book Ingpen, Brian D. Unicorn: Navigating New Frontiers. Vlaeberg, South Africa: Fernwood Press, 2003.
Book Ingram, C.W.N. New Zealand Shipwrecks, 1795-1970. Wellington, NZ: A.H. & A. W. Reed, 1974.
Book Ireland, John de Courcy. Ireland and the Irish in Maritime History. Dublin, Ireland: The Glendale Press, 1986.
Book Irving, David John Cawdell. The destruction of convoy PQ. 17. 1968: Cassell, London.
Book Jackson, Gordon. The British Whaling Trade. London: Adam & Charles Black, 2004.
Book Jackson, John W. The Pennsylvania Navy, 1775-1781: The Defense of the Delaware. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1974.
Book Jackson, Melvin H. The Historic American Merchant Marine Survey: Works Progress Administration, Federal Project No. 6. Salem, NH: Ayer Company Publishers, 1983.
Book Jackson, Robert. Kriegsmarine: The Illustrated History of the German Navy in World War II. London: Aurum, 2001.
Book Jackson, Robert M. The Ships' Locator: A Reference to Over 2,000 Ships, Schooners, and Other Vessels of Nineteenth-Century New England and the Atlantic Seaboard. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1998.
Book Jackson, Walter A. The Doghole Schooners. Volcano, Calif.: California Traveler, 1969.
Book Jaffee, Walter W. Heritage of the Sea: the Training Ships of Maine Maritime Academy. Palo Alto, CA: Glencannon Press: Maritime Books, 2000.
Book Jaffee, Walter W. The Liberty Ships from A (A.B. Hammond) to Z (Zona Gale). Palo Alto, Calif.: Glencannon Press, 2004.
Book Jaffee, Walter W. The Tankers From A (A.W. Peake) to Z (Zephyrhills). Palo Alto: The Glencannon Press, 2008.
Book Jaffee, Walter W. The Troopships and Passenger Liners from A (Admiral C.F. Hughes) to Z (United States). El Cerrito: Glencannon Press, 2012.
Book Jaffee, Walter W. The Tugboats From A (A.G. Wells) To Z (USS Zuni). El Cerrito, California: The Glencannon Press, 2014.
Web Jakota Cruise Systems. FleetMon. Rostock, Germany: JAKOTA Cruise Systems GmbH, 2012-. Go there
Book James, Alan, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, Malcolm H. Murfett. European Navies and the Conduct of War. New York: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Book James, Bartholomew, John Knox Laughton, James Young F. Sullivan. The Journal of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James, 1752-1828 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 6). London: Navy Records Society, 1896.
Book Jameson, John Franklin. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923.
Book Jamieson, Alan G. Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. London: Reaktion, 2012.
Book Jane, Fred T. The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day. London: Tri-Service Press, 1990.