For those with ancestors in the Royal Navy there are a number of editions of the Navy List that have been scanned and are now online. I have found the following at the Web Archive and Google Books (the latter are marked with a *).
The Navy List (Dec 1814)*
List of Masters, Surgeons & Pursers (Jan 1827)*
The Navy List (Dec 1827 - pages scanned in reverse order)
The Navy List (Mar 1834)*
The Navy List (Mar 1835)
The Navy List (Nov 1840)*
The Navy List (Aug 1841)*
The Navy List (Feb 1842)*
The Navy List (Aug 1842.)*
The Navy List (Feb 1843)*
The Navy List (Aug 1843)*
The Navy List (Feb 1844)*
The Navy List (Dec 1847)*
The Navy List (Jun 1848)
The Navy List (Dec 1848)
The Navy List (Jan 1849)*
The Navy List (Jun 1849)
The Navy List (Dec 1849)
The Navy List (Jan 1850)
The Navy List (Jun 1850)
The Navy List (Jan 1851)*
The Navy List (Jan 1852)
The Navy List (Aug 1852)*
The Navy List (Dec 1852)
The Navy List (Jun 1853)
The Navy List (Feb 1854)*
The Navy List (Feb 1855)*
The Navy List (Jun 1856)
The Navy List (Dec 1856)*
The Navy List (Dec 1857)*
The Navy List (Dec 1858)*
The Navy List (Dec 1859)*
The Navy List (Mar 1861)*
The Navy List (Dec 1861)
The Navy List (Dec 1862)
The Navy List (Dec 1864)
The Navy List (Dec 1866)*
The Navy List (Dec 1868)
The Navy List (Dec 1875)
The Navy List (Mar 1876)
The Navy List (Dec 1876)
The Navy List (Sep 1877)
The Navy List (Jun 1878)
The Navy List (Dec 1879)
The Navy List (Sep 1881)
The Navy List (Jun 1884)
The Navy List (Dec 1814)*
List of Masters, Surgeons & Pursers (Jan 1827)*
The Navy List (Dec 1827 - pages scanned in reverse order)
The Navy List (Mar 1834)*
The Navy List (Mar 1835)
The Navy List (Nov 1840)*
The Navy List (Aug 1841)*
The Navy List (Feb 1842)*
The Navy List (Aug 1842.)*
The Navy List (Feb 1843)*
The Navy List (Aug 1843)*
The Navy List (Feb 1844)*
The Navy List (Dec 1847)*
The Navy List (Jun 1848)
The Navy List (Dec 1848)
The Navy List (Jan 1849)*
The Navy List (Jun 1849)
The Navy List (Dec 1849)
The Navy List (Jan 1850)
The Navy List (Jun 1850)
The Navy List (Jan 1851)*
The Navy List (Jan 1852)
The Navy List (Aug 1852)*
The Navy List (Dec 1852)
The Navy List (Jun 1853)
The Navy List (Feb 1854)*
The Navy List (Feb 1855)*
The Navy List (Jun 1856)
The Navy List (Dec 1856)*
The Navy List (Dec 1857)*
The Navy List (Dec 1858)*
The Navy List (Dec 1859)*
The Navy List (Mar 1861)*
The Navy List (Dec 1861)
The Navy List (Dec 1862)
The Navy List (Dec 1864)
The Navy List (Dec 1866)*
The Navy List (Dec 1868)
The Navy List (Dec 1875)
The Navy List (Mar 1876)
The Navy List (Dec 1876)
The Navy List (Sep 1877)
The Navy List (Jun 1878)
The Navy List (Dec 1879)
The Navy List (Sep 1881)
The Navy List (Jun 1884)
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