W.G. Miller was Southeast Asian Studies Librarian and a Visiting Fellow at the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. He is the author of British Traders in the East Indies, 1770-1820 (Boydell, 2020).Ann G. Smith was a research editor for the Australian Dictionary of Biography at the Australian National University and is the co-author of A Biographical Register 1788-1939: Notes from the Name Index of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (1987).

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I - Protests: British Ships1. Perils of the Sea (Bad Weather)2. Perils of the Sea (Groundings and Strandings)3. Fire4. Other Accidents and Failings of the Ship5. Pirates, Robbers and Thieves6. Coercion, Imprisonment and Detention7. Accusations Against Master or Crew (Commercial Problems)Part II - Protests: Non-British ShipsPreamble8. Danish9. Portuguese10 . Dutch, American, Hamburg, MalayConclusionAppendicesBibliography

W.G. Miller was Southeast Asian Studies Librarian and a Visiting Fellow at the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. He is the author of British Traders in the East Indies, 1770-1820 (Boydell, 2020).Ann G. Smith was a research editor for the Australian Dictionary of Biography at the Australian National University and is the co-author of A Biographical Register 1788-1939: Notes from the Name Index of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (1987).

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I - Protests: British Ships1. Perils of the Sea (Bad Weather)2. Perils of the Sea (Groundings and Strandings)3. Fire4. Other Accidents and Failings of the Ship5. Pirates, Robbers and Thieves6. Coercion, Imprisonment and Detention7. Accusations Against Master or Crew (Commercial Problems)Part II - Protests: Non-British ShipsPreamble8. Danish9. Portuguese10 . Dutch, American, Hamburg, MalayConclusionAppendicesBibliography