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David Lyon

David Lyon was a naval ship historian and archaeologist.

Lyon spent his working life at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, where for over twenty years he looked after the huge ships-plans collection before becoming Curator of Naval Ordnance, then Head of Enquiries and finally Chief of Research of the Maritime Information Centre.

Lyon served in the Royal Navy Reserve and, having qualified as a diving officer, was instrumental in the development of underwater archaeology in Britain, diving on the Mary Rose amongst others. He was a member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research and of the Nautical Museums Trust. He has written and lectured extensively both in Britain and abroad an his many publications include "The Sailing Navy List," "The Denny List," "Steam, Steel and Torpedoes," and "Sea Battles in Close-up: The Nelson Era."

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Born 1942
Died 2000

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  • Cover of: The First Destroyers

    First published in 1996 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Sailing Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy-Built, Purchased and Captured-1688-1860 (Conway's History of Sail)

    First published in 1998 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: World War II warships

    First published in 1976 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Nelson Against Napoleon: From the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798-1801 (Chatham Pictorial Histories Series)

    First published in 1997 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sea Battles in Close Up: The Age of Nelson

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Military hardware of World War II: tanks, aircraft, and naval vessels

    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The sailing navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy : built, purchased and captured, 1688-1860

    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The sail & steam Navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889

    First published in 2004 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sea battles in close-up: the age of Nelson

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  • Cover of: Sea battles in close-up, the age of Nelson

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  • Cover of: Steam, steel, and torpedoes: the warship in the 19th century

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: SAIL AND STEAM NAVY LIST: ALL THE SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1815-1889.

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Born 1942
Died 2000

Subjects

Warships, Great Britain, Great Britain. Royal Navy, History, Great britain, royal navy, Great britain, history, naval, History, Naval, Lists of vessels, Naval History, Naval battles, Naval history, World War, 1939-1945, Destroyers (Warships), Equipment and supplies, Great britain, royal navy, history, Histoire, Histoire navale moderne, Military Airplanes, Milita˜rfahrzeug, Names, Naval operations, Navies, Navires de guerre, Nelson, horatio nelson, viscount, 1758-1805, Registers

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Great Britain, History

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Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount,) 1758-1805

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18th century, 19th century

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March 2, 2021 Edited by Sarah Breau Changed tense in bio
March 2, 2021 Edited by Sarah Breau Added death date
March 2, 2021 Edited by Sarah Breau Changed author name order, added bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import