The H29 entry provides a starting point for further research. Its citations lead to an Admiralty file at The National Archives, contemporary issues of the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, and a secondary work listed in the bibliography. Moving from the narrative entry to its source list shows how a concise loss register can act as an index for deeper research. Readers can then distinguish a convenient account from a claim whose evidence can be followed and tested.
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Testing a naval loss register's source trail
The H29 entry leads into archival, newspaper, and secondary citations, showing how a reference book can open a route into deeper research.