Finding out more about Wrecks and Accidents

How to research a wrecked ship If you want to find how a particular ship was lost or ended its days, or want to identify a wreck, this section tells you what to do.

Finding a shipwreck There is a great deal of published information about wrecks and shipping accidents. This section explains how to find out what happened to a ship.

Finding ships lost during wartime The British Government ensured that detailed records were compiled of the enormous losses of Allied merchant ships in both world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45). This section is a guide to these records.

Finding out who and what was on a ship Here are the only sources of information about what happened to those on a wrecked ship, whether casualties or survivors, and to details of its cargo.