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Folios 124-127: Enclosure 6. Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee 4th Battle Squadron...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/302/2

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ADM 137/302/2
Date
1916
Description

Folios 124-127: Enclosure 6. Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee 4th Battle Squadron on HMS Benbow. 4 June 1916. Summary of reports from 4th Battle Squadron.

Folios 128-130: Enclosure 7. Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee 4th Battle Squadron on HMS Benbow. 5 June 1916. (Reports of each ship in Volume HS 1643).

Folios 131-135: Enclosure 7 (1). Rear-Admiral AL Duff 4th Battle Squadron on HMS Superb. 1 and 4 June 1916.

Folio 139: Enclosure 8. Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee 4th Battle Squadron. 10 June 1916. Submission of report By Captain HL Parker of HMS Benbow.

Folios 136-144: Enclosure 8 (1). HMS Benbow. Report by Captain HL Parker 8 June 1916. Includes narrative of events from a gunnery point of view and extracts from officers’ reports.

Folios 144-156: Enclosure 9. Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty Battle Cruiser Fleet. 12 June 1916. (Sheet of diagrams in HS 303, No30. Track chart in Enclosures 31, 32.)

Folios 157-164: Enclosure 9 (1). HMS Lion. Report by Captain AEM Chatfield. 4 June 1916.

Folios 165-167: Enclosure 9 (2). Rear-Admiral O de B Brock 1st Battle Cruiser Fleet on HMS Princess Royal. 3 June 1916. (Track chart in Volume HS 303, No 33.)

Folio 168: Enclosure 9 (3). Rear-Admiral O de B Brock 1st Battle Cruiser Fleet on HMS Princess Royal. 3 June 1916.

Folios 169-170: Enclosure 9. Report of destruction of HMS Queen Mary by Midshipman JL Storey of HMS Crescent. 3 June 1916.

Folios 171-180: Enclosure 9 (4). HMS Princess Royal. Report by Captain WH Cowan. 8 June 1916.

Folios 181-185: Enclosure 9 (5). HMS Tiger. Report by Captain HB Pelly. 6 June 1916.

Folios 186-189: Enclosure 9 (6). Rear-Admiral EC Packenham 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron on HMS New Zealand. 3 June 1916. Includes time table compiled by captain and officers of HMS New Zealand. (Tracing of track in Volume HS 303, No34.)

Folio 190: Enclosure 9 (7). Rear-Admiral EC Packenham 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron. 6 June 1916. Folios 191-194: Enclosure 9. HMS New Zealand. Report by Captain JFE Green 2 June 1916.

Folios 195-205: Enclosure 9 (8). Senior Officer 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron, HMS Indomitable. Report by Captain FW Kennedy. 2 June 1916. (Chart in Volume HS303, No35.)

Folio 206: Enclosure 9 (9). Senior Officer 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron on HMS Indomitable. Report by Captain FW Kennedy. 3 June 1916.

Folios 207-211: Enclosure 9. HMS Inflexible. Report by Captain EHF Heaton-Ellis. 2 June 1916.

Folios 212-213: Enclosure 9. Report on destruction of HMS Invincible by Commander HE Dannreuther. 2 June 1916.

Folios 214-217: Enclosure 9 (10). Commodore ES Alexander-Sinclair 1st Light Cruiser Squadron on HMS Galatea. 2 June 1916.

Folios 218-220: Enclosure 9. HMS Inconstant. Report by Captain BS Thesiger. 2 June 1916.

Folios 221-225: Enclosure 9 (11). Commodore WE Goodenough 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron on HMS Southampton. 2 June 1916. (Chart not received at Admiralty, see Cmd 1068).

Folio 226: Enclosure 9 (12). Commodore WE Goodenough 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron on HMS Southampton. 5 June 1916.

Folio 227: Enclosure 9 (13). Commodore WE Goodenough 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron on HMS Birmingham. 6 June 1916.

Folios 228-229: Enclosure 9. HMS Nottingham. Report by Captain CB Miller. 2 June 1916. (Tracing in Volume HS 303, No36.)

Folios 230-232: Enclosure 9. HMS Birmingham. Report by Captain AAB Duff. 2 June 1916. Folio 233-237: Enclosure 9. HMS Dublin. Report by Captain AC Scott. 2 June 1916. Includes (Folio 238) statement on sinking of HMS Tipperary by George Thomas Augustus Parkyn, stoker 1st Class of HMS Tipperary.

Folios 239-241: Enclosure 9 (14). Rear-Admiral TDW Napier 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron on HMS Falmouth. 5 June 1916. (track chart from log in Volume HS303, No37).

Folios 242-249: Enclosure 9 (15). HMS Chester. Report by Captain RN Lawson. 2 June 1916. Includes list of killed and seriously wounded.

Folios 250-256: Enclosure 9 (16). Rear-Admiral H Evans-Thomas 5th Battle Squadron on HMS Queen Elizabeth. 9 June 1916. (Track charts (2) not received at Admiralty, see Cmd 1068.) (Diagram in Volume HS 303, No 25.)

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