The Mountbatten Maritime Prize is awarded annually by the Maritime Foundation (formerly the British Maritime Charitable Foundation) to the author of a distinguished publication that has made a significant contribution to the maritime history of the United Kingdom. The prize is a piece of silver plate. The Trustees of the Maritime Foundation award the prize based on the recommendation of an Awards Committee.

Past Awards

• 2000 Rear-Admiral J. Richard Hill
  J. Richard Hill
  Rear Admiral John Richard Hill is a retired rear-admiral in the Royal Navy, a former chief executive of the Middle Temple, author, and editor of many books on naval affairs.-Early life and education:...
  
  

• 2001 Jim Ring

• 2002 Andrew Williams and the BBC Battle of the Atlantic Team

• 2003 Peter Padfield

• 2004 Tom Pocock
  Tom Pocock
  Thomas Allcot Guy Pocock, writing under the name Tom Pocock, was an English biographer, war correspondent, journalist and naval historian.-Life:...
  
  

• 2005 Professor R. J. B. Knight
  R. J. B. Knight
  R. J. B. Knight is one of Britain's leading naval historians of the 18th century, a former Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, and author of a distinguished biography of Admiral Lord Nelson....
  
  

• 2006 Nicolette Jones

• 2007 Andrew Welch, The Royal Navy and the Cod Wars