1960 to 1970. Additionally, he was a member of the HMS Victory Advisory Technical Committee from 1955. In 1952–1953, Lewis was the introducer on British television for the American series of 26, one-half-hour television programmes on navies in the Second World War, Victory at Sea. Personal life On 5 August 1933, Lewis married Muriel Doris Cruikshank, with whom he had a son, the historian of early railways Michael J. T. Lewis, and a daughter. Published writings Historical writings England's sea-officers: the story of the naval profession. London Allen & Unwin, 1939, 1948. British ships and British seamen. London: British Council, 1940; Translated as Britiske skip og britiske sjømenn , 1943; Britische schefen en Britische zeelieden, door Michael Lewis ... Vertaald door A. J. Staal. Geïllustreerde uitgave. (Herzien, 1943, 1945; Reprinted as The ships and seamen of Britain. London and New York: Pub. for the British Council by Longmans, Green, & Co., 1946. The navy of Britain: a historical portrait. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1948. Nelson's letters from the Leeward Islands and other original documents in the Public Record Office and the British Museum, edited by Geoffrey Rawson with annotation by Michael Lewis. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1953. Limited edition of 300 copies. A narrative of my professional adventures (1790-1839), by Sir William Henry Dillon, edited by Michael Lewis. Two volumes. Greenwich: Navy Records Society, 1953–1956. The history of the British navy. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1957. A Social History of the Navy, 1793-1815. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. The Spanish Armada. London: B. T. Batsford, 1960; Pan, 1966; Crowell, 1968. Armada guns, a comparative study of English and Spanish armaments. London, Allen & Unwin, 1961. Napoleon and his British captives. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1962. The Navy in transition, 1814-1864; a social history. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. Ancestors; a personal exploration into the past. London, Hodder & Stoughton [1966]. The Hawkins dynasty: three generations of a Tudor family. London, Allen & Unwin, 1969. Spithead; an informal history. London, Allen & Unwin, 1972. Fiction Afloat & Ashore (verses). London: Allen & Unwin, 1921. Beg o' the Upland (novel). Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1922. The Brand of the Beast. London: Allen & Unwin, 1924. Fleeting follies. (verse) London: Allen & Unwin, 1924. The Island of disaster (novel). London: Allen & Unwin, 1926. Roman Gold (novel). London: Allen & Unwin, 1927. The Three Amateurs (novel). LOndon: Houghton, 1929. The Crime of Herbert