Abstracts of the returns made to the Board of Trade of sea casualties which occurred on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom, from the 1st July 1881 to the 30th June 1882; also of the returns made to the Board of Trade during the year 1881-82 of the sea casualties which occurred to British ships elsewhere than on the coasts of the United Kingdom; and to foreign ships on the coasts of British possessions abroad; with particulars of vessels lost or damaged by such casualties, and of the lives lost and saved; together with abstracts of the official inquiries in the United Kingdom into the causes of sea casualties, held by order of the Board of Trade, during the year 1881-82; and of the official inquiries abroad, instituted by consular and colonial officers and others, into the causes of sea casualties, of which the reports were received at the Board of Trade, during the year 1881-82; and of other investigations at home and abroad which affected the certificates of masters and officers in the mercantile marine. With charts and appendices [electronic resource].