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Folios 342-418: 22-28 October 1916 (paper M 010300/16), N 1810. Folios 343-350: Covering...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/367/4

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ADM 137/367/4
Date
1916
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Folios 342-418: 22-28 October 1916 (paper M 010300/16), N 1810.

Folios 343-350: Covering letter and report of operations, number 1930/120 E, dated 10 November 1916, by Cecil Fiennes Thursby, Vice Admiral, HMS Triad, comprising: disposition of battleships, 1st detached Squadron (Crete and Anatolian Coast between Samos and Rhodes), 2nd Detached Squadron (Dardanelles area), 3rd Detached Squadron (Salonika area), 4th Detached Squadron (Smyrna, Khios and Samos area), 5th Detached Squadron (Doro-Salonika transport route), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast) and general remarks. Mention of Flight Commander H Stanley Adams and Flight Lieutenants L A Hervey, G A Cox, H V Reid and A F F Jacob Imbros to Rumania flight with Flight Lieutenant Jacob landing in Russia, (folio 344); Flight Sub-Lieutenant Blandy and Observer Lieutenant Blakealey RNVR brought down in fight with a hostile machine. Blandy reported wounded and captured, (folio 347).

Folios 351-355: Enclosure No 1, number CP 7, dated 1 November 1916,by Francis Clifton Brown, Senior Officer 1st Detached Squadron, HMS Edgar including report by Commander G O Stephenson, HMT 344, dated 31 October 1916, on visit to Candia and other locations, (folios 354-355).

Folios 356-366: Enclosure No 2, number SO/24, dated 29 October 1916, by by Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, Senior Officer 2nd Detached Squadron, HMS Theseus, (folios 356-357); including RNAS 'C' Squadron patrol reports numbers 278-284, (folios 360-366).

Folios 367-373: Enclosure No 3, reports of proceedings, dated 6 November 1916, by by Cecil Minet Staveley, Senior officer Salonica, HMS Endymion including military operations for week, (folios 367-371); report for HMTB No 17, dated 29 October 1916, by Lieutenant Charles F Bush concerning information on movement of enemy submarines, (folio 372) and report 3 on the SS Norseman operations, dated 29 October 1916, by William G Fitzgerald, SS Sorceress.

Folios 374-379: Enclosure No 4, number 45/9, dated 29 October 1916, by Frank Larken, Senior Officer, 4th Detached Squadron, HMS Doris at Port Iero.

Folios 380-382: Enclosure No 5, number B 15, reports of proceedings, dated 31 October 1916, by Archibald Cochrane, Senior officer 5th Detached Squadron, HMS Skirmisher.

Folios 383-391: Enclosure No 6, number ST/44, reports of proceedings, dated 29 October 1916, by Edgar Grace, 6th Detached Squadron, HMS Grafton, (folios 383-386); also includes report of proceedings dated 28 October 1916 by Hugh Justin Tweedie, HMS Sir Thomas Picton, (folio 387); and HM Monitors Nos M28, 32, 18, 20, (folios 388-391).

Folios 392-396: Enclosure No 7, number 55 E, dated 3 November 1916, by Arthur Hayes-Sadler, Senior Officer Salamis, HMS Duncan, (folios 392-394). (Note. Tracing of defences of Salamis-Piraeus held in Volume HS 787, No 41). Includes report by Berenger Commandant le Polypheme (in French), (folios 395-396).

Folios 397-398: Enclosure No 8, number 25/1/16, dated 1 November 1916, by Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, Senior officer 5th Detached Flotilla, HMS Blenheim.

Folios 399-415: Enclosure No 9. RNAS weekly operational and intelligence reports. Report on Rumanian flight, reports for operations in Southern Bulgaria and on the Struma front, operations in Turkey, details of state and disposition of aircraft, intelligence reports on Dardanelles, Bulgaria and Greece and Smyrna with marked up map of Lake Tahinos-Pravista, (folio 413).

Folios 416-418: Admiralty notes on foregoing report and enclosures.

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