[Note: ADM 137/551, 551A-551C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/551...

ADM 137/551B

1914

[Note: ADM 137/551, 551A-551C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/551].

[Listing continued from ADM 137/551A].

Folios 125-126 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Ernest William Leir HMS/M E.4 (Paper M 01719/14 x 3933/14) 29 Aug.1914. Operated east of Norderney Light. Report on sightings and attempt to attack an enemy cruiser. Mention of rescue of men from HMS Defender and survivors from a German destroyer.

Folio 127 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Charles Stuart Benning HMS/M E.5 (Paper M 01719/14 x 3933/14) 29 Aug.1914. Operated north of Heligoland. Sighed destroyers and heard firing.

Folios 128-129 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Ponsonby Talbot HMS/M E.6 (Paper M 01719/14 x 3933/14) 29 Aug.1914. Began to attack cruisers only to identify them as British before firing torpedoes. Had not been informed of their presence.

Folios 130-132 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Ferdinand Eric Bertram Feilman HMS/M E.7 (Paper M 01719/14 x 3933/14) 29 Aug.1914. Report of sightings of British and German ships.

Folio 133 Enclosure Lieutenant-Commander Francis Herbert Heveningham Goodhart HMS/M E.8 (Paper M 01719/14 x 3933/14) 29 Aug.1914. Report of sightings of British and German ships.

Folio 134 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Max Kennedy Horton HMS/M E.9 (Paper M 01719/14 x 3933/14) 29 Aug.1914. Sighted German destroyer and heard firing.

Folios 135-149. Commodore (T). Report of Action. (Duplicate. See also page supra). (Paper M 01719/14 x 3933/14) 30 Aug.1914. Duplicate of folios 82-94.

Folios 150-164. Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief Home Fleets. Report on Action with enclosures: (Paper 67/022 M 01737/14) 31 Aug.1914. Letter to The Secretary of the Admiralty, comments include: essential to inform which ships taking part in operations; when signalling a position or to request assistance it is extremely important to give course and speed; support of actions of Vice Admiral Beatty’s actions. Enclosure:

Folios 154-164 Enclosure. Captain Edward Reeves, HMS Liverpool. (Paper M 01737/14) 30 Aug.1914. Report on rescue of survivors from German cruiser Mainz and information obtained from them.

Folios 165-171. Vice Admiral Commanding 1ST Battle Cruiser Squadron. Report of Operations. (Paper 437/023 M02014/14 X 3933/14) 1 Sept. 1914. Report of action as seen from 1ST Battle Cruiser Squadron, in particular support of Commodore (T) HMS Arethusa and 1ST Destroyer Flotilla; attack on enemy cruisers; decision to withdraw. This report being considered for publishing in London Gazette.

Folios 172-241. Commodore (T). Covering Report of Destroyers: (Paper 474/0025 M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 14 Sept. 1914. Folio 174. Letter from Commodore Tyrwhitt submitting reports from commanding officers of destroyers in the 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 175-181 Enclosure. Commander Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton HMS Lookout. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 2 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Lookout being the lead destroyer in the 1ST Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folio 182 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Reginald Watkins Grubb HMS Leonidas. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 2 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Leonidas being the second destroyer in the 1ST Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 183-186 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Claud Finlinson Allsup HMS Legion. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 3 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Legion being the third destroyer in the 1ST Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 187-191 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Clement Richard Dane HMS Lennox. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 3 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Lennox being the fourth destroyer in the 1ST Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folio 192 Enclosure. Commander R.M.Conway HMS Lark. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 3 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Lark being the lead destroyer in the 2ND Division of 3RD Flotilla. Plan of movements in Vol. H.S. 552 No.29.

Folio 193 Enclosure. Commander Wion de Malpas Egerton HMS Lance. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 3 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Lance being the second destroyer in the 2ND Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 194-5 Enclosure. Commander Loftus William Jones HMS Linnet. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 3 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Lance being the third destroyer in the 2ND Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 196-197 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander B.N.L.Owen HMS Landrail. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14). Report of action, HMS Landrail being the forth destroyer in the 2ND Division of 3RD Flotilla. Two sketch maps of the action are included, (folio 197).

Folios 198-204 Enclosure. Commander L.R.L.Edwardes HMS Laforey. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14). Report of action, HMS Laforey being the lead destroyer in the 3RD Division of 3RD Flotilla. Sketch maps of the action are included.

Folios 205-207 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander R.R.Scott HMS Lawford. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 4 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Laforey being the second destroyer in the 3RD Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 208-211 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Richard William Uniacke Bayly HMS Louis. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 3 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Louis being the third destroyer in the 3RD Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 212-214 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Rupert Hemans HMS Lydiard. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 3 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Lydiard being the fourth destroyer in the 3RD Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 226-229 Enclosure. Lieutenant Charles Reid Peploe HMS Laurel. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 30 Aug. 1914. Report of action, HMS Laurel being the lead destroyer in the 4TH Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 226-229 Enclosure. Lieutenant Henry Edward Horan HMS Liberty. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 31 Aug. 1914. Report of action, HMS Liberty being the second destroyer in the 4TH Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folios 230-231 Enclosure. Commander Henry Francis Wakefield HMS Lysander. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 5 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Lysander being the third destroyer in the 4TH Division of 3RD Flotilla.

Folio 232-238 Enclosure. Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm Lemmon Goldsmith HMS Laertes. (Paper M 02008/14 x 3433/14) 3 Sept. 1914. Report of action, HMS Laertes being the fourth destroyer in the 4TH Division of 3RD Flotilla. Folios 239-240. Observations from destroyer reports.

[Listing continued in ADM 137/505C].

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