| |  | Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th... |  | Captain George Dixon RN (1755? - 1800) was an English sea captain and explorer. He served under Captain Cook in his third expedition, where he... |  | Captain George Vancouver RN (June 22, 1757 - May 12, 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of North America,... |  | Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN, (6 June 1868 - 29 March 1912) was a Royal Naval officer and Antarctic explorer. In the so-called "Race to the... |  | Douglas Edward Reeman (born 15 October 1924, Thames Ditton) is a British author who has written many historical fiction books on the Royal Navy,... |  | Charles Robert Malden (August 9, 1797 - May 23, 1855), was a 19th century British naval officer, surveyor and educator. Discoverer of Malden Island... |  | Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat RNVR (22 march 1910 - 8 august 1979) was a UK novelist best known today for his sea stories, particularly... |  | Basil Hall (December 31, 1788 - September 11, 1844) was a naval officer, traveller, and author, the second son of Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, an... | | | Captain John Hamilton was a British naval officer, the second son of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer. Hamilton chose a career... |  | Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 - August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today... | |
