On this page I have set out the timeline (where it is given or can be established) for the various books set before 1760
For context actual historic events have been added below in italics.
| Year | Book | Series |
| 1571 | Galleys East! | |
| 1587 | Armada | |
| 1588 | Armada's Wake | Jack Stannard of the Navy Royal Trilogy |
| 1591 | The Thunder and the Flame | |
| 1598 | The Rage of Fortune | The Journals of Matthew Quinton |
| 1601 | The Disastrous Voyage of the Santa Margarita | |
| 1618 | A Ship for the King | Kit Faulkner |
| 1649 | For King or Commonwealth | Kit Faulkner |
| 1652 | Sword of State: The Tempering: The Tempering | Sword of State Trilogy |
| 1655 | Buccaneer | Ned Yorke |
| 1660 | Admiral | Ned Yorke |
| 1661 | Gentleman Captain | The Journals of Matthew Quinton |
| 1663 | The Mountain of Gold | The Journals of Matthew Quinton |
| 1665 | The Blast That Tears the Skies | The Journals of Matthew Quinton |
| 1671 | The Devil Upon the Wave | The Journals of Matthew Quinton |
| 1701 | The Guardship | Brethren of the Coast trilogy |
| 1702 | The Blackbirder | Brethren of the Coast trilogy |
| 1703 | Devil of a Fix | Matthew Loftus |
| 1706 | The Pirate Round | Brethren of the Coast trilogy |
| 1707 | Admiral of England | |
| 1708 | To the Bitter End | Matthew Loftus |
| 1739 | Royal Yankee | Edward Mainwaring |
| 1740 | The Golden Ocean | Patrick O'Brian |
| 1741 | Golden Galleon | Edward Mainwaring |
| 1742 | Admiral of Fear | Edward Mainwaring |
| 1744 | Captain Monsoon | Edward Mainwaring |
| Swift | Jon Swift | |
| 1745 | The Two Admirals | |
| The Black Cockade | Paul Gallant | |
| 1746 | A King's Ransom | Paul Gallant |
| Swift Pride | Jon Swift | |
| 1747 | In Perilous Seas | Paul Gallant |
| 1754 | The Quiberon Touch | |
| 1756 | Seven Years' War starts : Battle of Minorca | |
| Captain of Marine | Roger Kelso | |
| The Eaglet at the Battle of Minorca | Eaglet | |
| The Colonial Post-Captain | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures | |
| The Leeward Islands Squadron | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures | |
| 1757 | The Jamaica Station | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures |
| 1758 | Holbrooke's Tide | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures |
| The Cursed Fortress | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures | |
| Perilous Shore | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures | |
| 1759 | The Eaglet at the Battle of Lagos Bay | Eaglet |
| Rocks and Shoals | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures | |
| Niagara Squadron | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures | |
| Nor'west by North | Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures |