Richard Woodman

Richard Woodman (born 1944) is an English novelist and naval historian who retired in 1997 from a 37 year nautical career, mainly working for Trinity House, to write full-time. His main work is 14 volumes about the career of Nathaniel Drinkwater, and shorter series about James Dunbar and William Kite, but he also written a range of factual books about 18th century and WW2 history. These include a trilogy of studies of convoys in the Second World War. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, such as C.S. Forester or Patrick O'Brian, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and has spent eleven years in command. His experience ranges from cargo-liners to ocean weather ships and specialist support vessels as well as yachts, square-riggers, and trawlers. Richard Woodman is a regular correspondent for the shipping newspaper Lloyd's List and continues his close association with the sea as a keen yachtsman. He also serves on the Corporate Board of Trinity House. He has won several awards including the Society for Nautical Research's Anderson Medal in 2005 and the Marine Society's Harmer Award in 1978.

Nathaniel Drinkwater series

 * 1) An Eye of the Fleet
 * 2) A King's Cutter
 * 3) A Brig of War
 * 4) The Bomb Vessel
 * 5) The Corvette
 * 6) 1805
 * 7) Baltic Mission
 * 8) In Distant Waters
 * 9) A Private Revenge
 * 10) Under False Colours
 * 11) The Flying Squadron
 * 12) Beneath the Aurora
 * 13) The Shadow of the Eagle
 * 14) Ebb Tide

William Kite trilogy

 * 1) The Guineaman
 * 2) The Privateersman
 * 3) The East Indiaman

James Dunbar novels

 * Waterfront
 * Under Sail

Other fiction

 * The Ice Mask
 * Dead Man Talking
 * Wager
 * Endangered Species
 * The Darkening Sea
 * Voyage East or The Antigone
 * The Accident
 * Act of Terror
 * Captain of the Caryatid
 * The Cruise of the Commissioner
 * "The Destroyers"
 * "In Danger's Hour"
 * "Killing Grounds"
 * "A Dawn Like Thunder"
 * " For Valour"
 * "The White Guns" - Modern Naval Fiction Library
 * "Badge of Glory" - The Royal Marines Saga, Volume 1
 * "The First to Land" - The Royal Marines Saga, Volume 2
 * "The Horizon" - The Royal Marines Saga, Volume 3
 * "Dust on the Sea" - The Royal Marines Saga, No. 4

Non-Fiction

 * The Sea Warriors
 * The Victory of Seapower, 1806 - 1814
 * Keepers of the Sea: The Yachts and Tenders of Trinity House
 * The Lighthouses of Trinity House
 * A Brief History of Mutiny
 * View from the Sea
 * Arctic Convoys, 1941 - 1945
 * Malta Convoys
 * The Real Cruel Sea, The Merchant Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939 - 1943
 * The History of the Ship
 * The Story of Sail (co-author)
 * ...Of Daring Temper, The History of The Marine Society
 * "Decision at Trafalgar" (1985)