Dr Roger Morriss
Publications
Books
The Foundations of British Maritime Ascendency 1755-1815. Resources, Logistics and the State, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Naval Power and British Culture, 1760-1850: Public Trust and Government Ideology, Ashgate, 2004.
The Channel Fleet and the Blockade of Brest 1793-1801., Ashgate (Navy Records Society), 2001.
with M Duffy, The Glorious First of June 1794: A Naval Battle and its Aftermath, University of Exeter Press, 2001.
Cockburn and the British navy in Transition. Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853, London, Exeter University Press, 1997.
Nelson. The Life and Letters of a Hero, London, 1996.
Guide to British Naval Papers in North America, London, 1994.
The Royal Dockyards during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Leicester, 1983.
Chapters
High exertions and difficult cases: the work of the Transport Agent at Portsmouth and Southampton, 1795-1797, in Harding R,Doe H (eds) Naval Leadership and Management, 1650-1950, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2012, 95-107
Crew Management and Mutiny: The case of Minerve, 1796-1802, in Coats AV,MacDougall P (eds) The Naval Mutinies of 1797, Unity and Perseverance, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2011, 107-119
La Royal Navy pendant la guerre revolutionnaire francaise., in La Paix D'Amiens, Amiens: , 2005
The Victualling of the British Fleet in the Mediterranean in the Eighteenth Century, in Cortis T,Gambin T (eds) De Triremibus. Festschrift in honour of Joseph Muscat, Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, 2005, 679-692
with M Duffy, The Glorious First of June 1794: The British View of the Actions of 28, 29 May and 1 June 1794, in Duffy M,Morriss R (eds) The Glorious First of June: A Naval Battle and its Aftermath, University of Exeter Press, 2001, 46-100
British Maritime Supremacy in 1800: the causes and its consequences, in Revista Napoleonica 1-2/2000: Sites and memories of the Napoleonic Historical Legacy, Alessandria: , 2000, 193-201
Charles Middleton, Lord Barham, 1726-1813, in LeFevre P,Harding R (eds) Precursors of Nelson. British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century, London: Chatham Publishing, 2000, 301-323
British naval strategy and the campaign in the Chesapeake during the war of 1812 with the United States, in Les Marines Francaise et Britannique Face aux Etats-Unis de la Guerre d'Independence a la Guerre de Secession (1776-1865), , 1999
La Bataille D'Aboukir vue par les Anglais, in Cahiers de la Mediterranee. Bonaparte, les iles Mediterraneenes et L'appel de L'Orient, Nice: , 1999
Military Men fall out. Wellington, Cockburn and the last Lord High Admiral, 1827-8, in Woolgar CM (eds) Wellington Studies III, Southampton: , 1999, 117-135
Government and Community. The changing context of labour relations, 1770-1830, in Lunn K,Day A (eds) History of Work and Labour Relations in the Royal Dockyards, London: Mansell Publishing, 1999, 21-40
British Naval Papers inNorth America: Research Opportunities, in Cogar WD (eds) New Interpretations in Naval History, Annapolis: United States Naval Academy, 1995
The Admiralty and the East India Company, 1770-1820, in Marine SHDL (eds) Les Flottes des Compagnies desIndies 1600-1857, Vincennes,Paris: , 1995, 255-263
The Age of Revolution, in Merve PVD (eds) Nelson. An Illustrated History, Greewnich: National Maritime Museum, 1995, 12-25
Problems affecting the maintenance of the British fleet in the Mediterranean, 1793-1815, in Francais et Anglais en Mediterranee de la Revolution francaise a l'independence de la Grece, 1789-1830, Vincennes: Service Historique de la Marine, 1992
Sir George Cockburn and the Management of the Royal Navy, 18141-6, in Duffy M (eds) Parameters of British Naval Power, Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1992
Industrial Relations at Plymouth Dockyard, 1770-1820, in al MDE (eds) New Maritime History of Devon, London: Conway Maritime Press, 1992, 216-223
Practicality and Prejudice. The Blockade Strategy and Naval Medicine during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1801., in Merve PVD (eds) Science and the French and british Navies, 1700-1850, 2003: National Maritime Museum
"No common being": Nelson's character and relationships., in Nelson. An Illustrated History, Greenwich: , 114-143
"The merest boy": Nelson's early career, 1758-94, in Nelson. An Ilustrated History, 1995: National Maritime Museum, 62-81
Journal articles
Captain Cook. Master of the Seas, Britain and the World, 2010
with R & Wilcox (1) Knight, J (2) Macdonald, (1) Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815: War, the British Navy and the Contractor State (2) The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815: Management Competence and Incompetence, Internatioanl Journal of Maritime History, 2010
Promise of Power. The British Maritime Economy and the State in the eighteenth century., Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society, vol. 7, 2010, 49-56
The Emergence of Britain's Global Naval Supremacy.The War of 1739-1748, The Mariner's Mirror ?, vol. 97, no. 4, 2010, 368-369
War, Nationalism and the British Sailor, 1750-1850, H-Albion, 2009
Admiral Sir John Norris and the British Expeditions to the Baltic Sea 1715-1727, International Journal of Maritime History, vol. 23, 2009
The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British and French Navies 1650-1815, International Journal of Maritime History, no. 2009, 2009, 453-454
Benthamism in the Royal Dockyards and British public culture, 1750-1850., Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society, vol. 4, 2008, 21-26
Shipping and Military Power in the Seven Years War. The Sails of Victory., History, vol. 94, no. 316, 2008, 538-538
Victims, pariahs and survivors. The shaping of the Government workforce, 1815-1830, Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society, vol. 3, 2007, 75-80
The supply of casks and staves to the Royal Navy, 1770-1815., The Mariner's Mirror, no. 93, 2007, 43-50
Colonisation, conquest and the supply of food and transport. The reorganisation of logistics management, 1780-1795., War in History, no. 14, 2007, 310-324
Educating the Royal Navy: eighteenth and nineteenth century education for officers, The Mariner's Mirror ?, 2007
Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy, International Journal of Maritime History, vol. 20, no. 2, 2007, 457-459
The office of the Inspector General of Naval Works and technological innovation in the royal dockyards., Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society, vol. 1, 2006, 21-30
The Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667). International Raison D'Etat, Mercantilism and Maritime Strife, History, 2006
Gunpowder, Expolosives and the State. A Technological History, History, 2006
Flagships of Imperialism. The P&O company and the politics of empire from its origins to 1867, History, vol. 93, no. 310, 2006, 291-292
The British Whaling Trade, The Mariner's Mirror ?, no. 2006?, 2005
The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756-1833, History, vol. 93, no. 311, 2005, 404-405
English/British Naval History to 1815. A Guide to the Literature, History, 2004
A Frigate of King George. Life and duty on a British Man-of-War 1807-29, The Mariner's Mirror ?, 2001
The East India Company and the provinces in the eighteenth century. I. Portsmouth and the East India Company 1700-1815, The Mariner's Mirror ?, 1999
Experience or yarn? The journal of William Davidson and the propaganda war against the Barbery States of North Africa., Archives, vol. 23, 1998, 30-40
Europe and the Sea, English Historical Review, 1996
Nelson: A personal history, The Mariner's Mirror ?, 1994
The Papers of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), Archives, vol. 20, 1992, 104-105
The Papers of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), Historical Research, vol. 159, 1992, 111-112
Building the Wooden Walls, The Mariner's Mirror ?, 1991
Anglo-Dutch Mercantile Marine Relations 1700-1850, English Historical Review, vol. 110, 1991, 209-210
The Royal Dockyards 1690-1850. Architecture and Engineering Works of the sailing navy, The Mariner's Mirror, 1989
Military Planning for the Defense of the United Kingdom, English Historical Review, vol. 109, 1989, 215-216
Lisbon as a Port Town, the British Seaman and other maritime themes, English Historical Review, 1988
The Journal of Rochefort Macquire, 1852-1854. Two Years at point Barrow, Alaska, aboard HMS Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin, English Historical Review, vol. 107, 1988
Naval Records for Genealogists, Archives, vol. 15, 1988, 106-107
A People of the Sea. The Maritime History of the Channel Islands, English Historical Review, 1986
The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy, Times Literary Supplement, no. 4,367, 1986
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, 1791-1795, by George Vancouver, English Historical Review, 1984
THE PACIFIC SINCE MAGELLAN, VOL 2, MONOPOLISTS AND FREEBOOTERS - SPATE,OHK, MARINERS MIRROR, vol. 70, no. 2, 1984, 233-233
MANUSCRIPTS CATALOGUED AT THE NATIONAL-MARITIME-MUSEUM 1983, MARINERS MIRROR, vol. 70, no. 1, 1984, 93-94
St Vincent and Reform, 1801-1804, The Mariner's Mirror, vol. 69, 1983, 269-290
The Pacific since Magellan. II: Monopolist and Freebooters., The Mariner's Mirror ?, 1983
Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the G.W.Blunt White Library at the Mystic Seaport Museum, The Mariner's Mirror ?, 1983
MERCHANT SHIPPING AND WAR - A STUDY OF DEFENSE PLANNING IN 20TH-CENTURY BRITAIN - DOUGHTY,M, MARINERS MIRROR, vol. 69, no. 3, 1983, 335-336
NEWFOUNDLAND DISCOVERED, ENGLISH ATTEMPTS AT COLONIZATION, 1610-1630 - CELL,GT, EDITOR, MARINERS MIRROR, vol. 69, no. 1, 1983, 103-104
Merchant shippingand War. A Study of Defence Planning in Twentieth Century Britain, The Mariner's Mirror?, 1982
Newfoundland Discovered. English attempts at Colonisation, 1610-1630, The Mariner's Mirror ?, 1982
Archives and Manuscripts: Maps and Architectural Drawings, The Mariner's Mirror, 1982, 59-60
Samuel Bentham and the Management of the Royal Dockyards 1796-1807, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, vol. 64, 1981, 226-240
LABOR-RELATIONS IN THE ROYAL DOCKYARDS, 1801-1805, MARINERS MIRROR, vol. 62, no. 4, 1976, 337-346
