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Catalogue reference: ADM 137/9/4
This record is about the Page 151: Britannia Simonstown to Admiralty 14 August 1914: Reports of Konigsberg... dating from 1914 in the series Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Page 151: Britannia Simonstown to Admiralty 14 August 1914: Reports of Konigsberg off Inhambane may not be reliable.
Page 152: Marine Paris to Admiralty 14 August 1914: Information from Vice Consul Monrovia. 32 German vessels at Dual in River Cameroon.
Page 153: SNO Simonstown to Admiralty 14 August 1914: Hyacinth left for Durban.
Page 154: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 14 August 1914: whole of troops for England to be embarked.
Page 155: Admiralty to SNO Zanzibar 14 August 1914: is German ship Mowe disabled Dar-es-Salaam.
Page 156: Commonwealth Naval Board Melbourne to Admiralty 14 August 1914: more details of message on page 148.
Page 157: Zanzibar to Admiralty 14 August 1914: Mowe sunk in Dar-es-Salaam harbour.
Page 160: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 15 August 1914: All arrangements with SNOC. Submit can control ops from Simonstown better than Durban suggest return there by rail.
Page 161: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 15 August 1914: S-S Colonies has requested seize Swakopmund and Luderitz Bay without delay. Submit Hyacinth return Cape. Leave Astraea to search for Konigsberg.
Page 162: copy of War Office telegram 15 August 1914 to Leviathan: - after Azores proceed St Vincent and call at St Helena.
Page 163: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 15 August 1914: Approved Hyacinth return Cape and Astraea deal with Konigsberg.
Page 164: De Villiers to S-S Colonies 15 August 1914: preparations for German SW Africa being urged on. Force towards Orange River also taking place.
Page 165: SNO Zanzibar to Admiralty 15 August 1914: Germans have lowered Red Cross flag on Tabora.
Page 166: History Section précis of correspondence 15 and 16 August 1914 concerning troop movements, (paper M 01405/14), original papers in HS 10 Page 112.
Page 168: Hyacinth Durban to Admiralty 16 August 1914: will arrive Simonstown 17 August.
Pages 169-170: between Commander in Chief Cape and Admiralty 16 August 1914: German aeroplane seen over Cape Town. Propose engaging British airman here to protect harbour. Proposal approved.
Page 170: Horta to Admiralty 16 August 1914: from Leviathan. Coal required St Vincent. Steamship Monmouthshire reports all well.
Page 171: General message 16 August 1914: period of grace for Austro-Hungarian ships expires midnight 22 August.
Page 172: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 16 August 1914: Transport arranged in Union Castle Line vessels; Kenilworth, Briton, Dunluce, Guildford, Goorka.
Page 173: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 16 August 1914: Leviathan expects arrive St Vincent 20 August and Cape Sept 7th via St Helena.
Page 175: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 17 August 1914: Submit Pegasus alone Zanzibar risky. Konigsberg double weight broadside. Suggest Astraea return if Konigsberg not met. Act with Pegasus. Colliers due Zanzibar tomorrow.
Page 175: Cape Town to Admiralty: - German Apolda detained.
Pages 177 and 178: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 17 August 1914: Troop convoy must be escorted by Astraea and Hyacinth. Slight risk Pegasus.
Page 181: Cape Town to Admiralty 17 August 1914: German ship Rufidji captured.
Page 182: General message 17 August 1914: instructions for cruisers.
Page 183: Pegasus to Admiralty 17 August 1914: Visited Tanga. Flag of truce flying. German ships detained. Markgraf disabled by Germans. (Original papers in HS10 page 129) Page 184: De Villiers to S-S Colonial Office 17 August 1914: regarding arrangements for German SW Africa.
Page 187: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 18 August 1914: Report from Pegasus on visit to Tanga.
Page 188: between Commander in Chief Cape and Admiralty 18 August 1914: Commander Bridgeman arrived. Propose appoint Capt Lambert to Hyacinth. Appointment approved. Officer for expeditionary force essential.
Page 189: Message to ships 18 August 1914: all lights Cape Verde extinguished.
Page 191: Leviathan to Admiralty 19 August 1914: Position.
Page 192: Britannia Simonstown to Admiralty 19 August 1914: Ship seen fitted for aeroplanes off Hout Bay. Hyacinth in dock rudder defects.
Page 193: Britannia Simonstown to Admiralty 19 August 1914: Cables to Seychelles cut.
Page 194: Commander in Chief Simonstown to Admiralty 19 August 1914: regarding 10th Hussars and potential convoy delay.
Page 197: Cape Town to Admiralty 19 August 1914: Sierra Leone report, arrival of Kaiser Bremen and Eber at Duala.
Page 198: General Notice 19 August 1914: request for information on ships detained.
Page 199: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 19 August 1914: Fast sea-going tug Afrikander obtained.
Page 200: MacDonell at L Marques 19 August 1914: Regarding registering of vessels under Portuguese flag.
ADM 137
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Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War
Cape Telegrams, Part 1, 27 July-1 October 1914. (Described at item level).
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