174pp, 10pp black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Previous owner's ex-libris label to front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has very light shelf wear, price unclipped. 8vo. The story of one of the most curious catastrophes in the annals of the British Navy - the head-on collision of the Victoria and the Camperdown, the flagships of the first and second squadrons of the Mediterranean Fleet.