Nathaniel Drinkwater series
- An Eye of the Fleet
- A King's Cutter
- A Brig of War
- The Bomb Vessel
- The Corvette
- 1805
- Baltic Mission
- In Distant Waters
- A Private Revenge
- Under False Colours
- The Flying Squadron
- Beneath the Aurora
- The Shadow of the Eagle
- Ebb Tide
William Kite trilogy
- The Guineaman
- The Privateersman
- The East Indiaman
James Dunbar novels
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
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