Hi Paul Thanks for your prompt reply to my query. I have been trying, without much success, for a number of years to solve the problem of the whereabouts of a death certificate for my GGF. You are correct in assuming that the records of the ship were lost in the sinking. The last entry on his service record reads: "Died 22.6.1893. No record. Documents lost with ship". I have searched the indexes, for a death, three years beyond the date of the sinking and cannot find any trace, so it could be that no certificates would have been created and the last words on his service record is the only official document that I will have. I will, as suggested, have a look at the papers, to see if they might turn up some information. Many thanks again Jean in wet, cold, Cumbria.