Derek Law's Bibliography

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HOCKING, Charles. Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam, 1824–1962: Including Sailing Ships and Ships of War Lost in Action. 2 vols. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1969.

An alphabetical listing, with brief leading details of the ships and some account of the circumstances of loss. A very useful, if incomplete work. Reprinted in a one volume edition by the London Stamp Exchange in 1990, ISBN: 9780948130687 and again in 2002 by the Naval and Military Press, ISBN: 9780948130724.