The Loss of the Ship "Northfleet,” With Photographs of the Vessel, Romney Church, Captain and Mrs. Knowles, Mr. S. F. Brand, and Maria Taplin. A Complete Account of All Connected With the Sad Disaster. London. Published by Waterlow and Sons. 1873. (viii),142 pp. Illustrated with b/w albumen photographic prints. 9-5/8 inches. Blue cloth, decorated in gilt. All page edges gilt. Extremities worn & rubbed, lightly soiled. Overall clean and tight.

The Northfleet was an emigrant ship carrying approximately 400 passengers. Anchored off Dungeness in a winter storm when she was rammed by an unknown steamer which backed away without rendering assistance. 293 people were drowned, 86 were saved. This memorial is a compilation of first-hand accounts, news reports, and results of official hearings and correspondence. Of the women on board only the captain's wife and one emigrant survived, along with just two of the children. Only two boats managed to get clear of the sinking ship, one without any oars and the other damaged. The captain went down with his ship.