[Note: ADM 137/1907, 1907A-1907E are produced as a single document: order as ADM...

[Note: ADM 137/1907, 1907A-1907E are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/1907].

[Listing continued from ADM 137/1907C].

Folios 381-383: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 26 November 1917. NID16468. Copy of translation of letter from Fleeger Oberleutnant z.See Dettman, Wilhelmshaven to Leutnant z.See Freude, Sandhill Park with reference to seaplanes at Zeebrugge.

Folios 384-390: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 28 November 1917. NID16422. Translation of extracts from German War Notices to Mariners dated 4 July 1917 titled German Bight. List of wrecks known to have occurred during the war giving; character of ship, name, position and remarks. Some NIS comments given on covering letter.

Folio 391: Letter from C-in-C Grand Fleet to Admiralty No 2990/HF008, 2 December 1917 concerning interrogation of survivors from U.45, W/T information.

Folios 392-450: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 3 December 1917. NID16663. Translation of a German confidential handbook titled –Principles of the law governing War on Commerce issued by the Admiralty Staff, Berlin in November 1916 and corrected up to July 1917. Folio 450 has some [Admiralty?] remarks on the document.

Folios 451-454: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 24 December 1917. NID/OL7099 and Admiralty letter HF0017/61, 1 January 1918. Japanese steamer Hitachi Maru believed to have been captured by German Raider Wolf in the Indian Ocean may attempt to reach Germany. Profile in silhouette of ship at Folio 454 Folio 455: Title Page: Miscellaneous Intelligence 1918.

Folios 456-457: Letters 1 and 27 January 1918 concerning block drawing of German Steamship Freida [drawing not on file].

Folio 458: Telegram No 401, 13 January 1918 from Admiralty to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report from Copenhagen indicates serious trouble in German Fleet this month at Wilhelmshaven, Kiel and Sonderburg.

Folios 459-461: Covering note 12 January 1918 from Admiralty to C-in-C Grand Fleet with extract from Grand Fleet orders 24 January 1918, page 145, 375. Whaling in the Skagerack.

Folios 462-465: Correspondence concerning release of Lieutenant Tirpitz of the Imperial German Navy:- Letter No 151/HF0017, 17 January 1918. C-in-C Grand Fleet to Admiralty Letter L.3549, 4 February 1918. Admiralty to C-in-C Grand Fleet (2 Copies).

Folios 466-471: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 24 December 1917. NID/OL7099 and Admiralty letter photos of German cruisers. Silhouettes of Frankfurt, Graudenz, Regensburg and Stralsund. Photographs of Frankfurt and Danzig taken at Oesel Island, October 1917.

Folios 472-480: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 30 January 1918. NID/10546/18. Translation of a fragment of diary of 2nd Class Petty Officer Otto Heuer. Seaman on destroyers V.152 and V.150.

Folios 481-484: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 15 February 1918. NID10900. Information concerning mine and net guards fitted to German submarines including sketch.

Folios 485-488: Admiralty letter M.06574/18, 20 February 1918. Copy of secret instructions issued to German submarine captains titled “Procedure when pursued with hydrophones”. Issued “at the beginning of 1917.”

Folios 489-490: Letter 0681/1, 16 February 1918 from Admiralty Naval Staff (DASD) to C-in-C Grand Fleet. German submarine in channel burning side lights.

Folios 491-495: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 9 March 1918. NID11289. Report on economic conditions in Germany derived from Prisoners of war of SS Dusseldorf captured on 22 February 1918.

Folios 496-498: Admiralty covering letter M.02909, 19 March 1918 to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report from WT Hicks, Commanding Officer, HMS Safeguard relative to Sinn Fein activity and expectations of German assistance.

Folios 499-501: Admiralty covering letter M.12592, 22 March 1918. Telegram from Sir W Towney, The Hague concerning press communique about navigation in the Bight of Heligoland.

Folios 502-524: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 25 March 1918. NID/OL964. Extracts from Daily War Orders of the German High Seas Fleet as follows:- 23 December 1915. Enemy w/t stations 13 February 1916. Dutch fishermen in Heligoland Bight. 30 April 1916. Statement of a captured English Flying Officer 6 May 1916. Reporting aircraft in the North Sea area 12 June 1916. Optical signals for Naval aircraft 22 July 1916. Extracts from British orders concerning recognition signals 24 May 1917. Regulations as to opening fire on aircraft.

Folios 525-533: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 29 March 1918. NID11674. Translation of an article in Frankfurter Zeitung 6 March 1918 on the submarine policy of Admiral von Tirpitz.

Folios 534-538: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 2 April 1918. NID1062. Report from French sources concerning Kapitan z.See Grassof who was in command of Kaiserin and was court marshalled and dismissed the service in consequence of his conduct during the engagement off Heligoland Bight on 17 November 1917. Includes extracts from related German letters.

Folios 539-566: Covering letter from Director of the Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet, 28 March 1918. NID11689. Report of preliminary interrogation of survivors of German torpedo boats A.7 and A.19 sunk during night of 20-21 March 1918 off Dunkirk. Survivors named as:- A.19. Kapitan-Leutnant Boldeman, Commander of Ostend Half-Flotilla A.19. Marcus Möller, Steumann. In command of A.19. Age 34 from Hamburg A.7. Julius Ponte, Maschinist. Age 34 A.19. Martin Keilart, Bootsmannsmaat, Geschützführer. Age 26 living in Bausa, Saxony A.19. Wilhelm Gronewald, Matrose. Age 22 A.19. Fritz Kuhn, Matrose. Age 21 lives in Dresden A.19. Wilhelm Bugehagen, Matrose. Age 20 A.19. Ernst Sydow, OberHeizer. Age 33 Report includes; schedule giving details of “A” boats; Translation from a French translation of German secret orders; translation of minesweeping order for 10 October 1917

[Listing continued in ADM 137/1907E].

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