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Catalogue reference: ADM 137/1911B
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[Note: ADM 137/1911, 1911A-1911C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/1911].
Listing continued from ADM 137/1911A
Folios 202-203: 11. C-in-C remarks 4 April 1915. Letter No 636/HF0010, 4 April 1915 by Admiral JR Jellicoe with enclosure showing disposition of 10th Cruiser Squadron at end of March 1915.
Folios 204-225: 12. Operations of 10th Cruiser Squadron 10 March to 20 April 1915. Covering letter No 35, 20 April 1915 with report of proceedings No 35/69, Cruiser Force “B”, Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian with enclosure No 3 base line chart of patrol [Note. Enclosure No 1 is filed in ADM137/1914]. Handwritten notes at Folio 225.
Folios 226-228: 13. Proposal to move “G” patrol. June 1915. Copies of telegrams between C-in-C Home Fleets and others.
Folios 229-251: 14. Operations of 10th Cruiser Squadron 10 June to 9 July 1915. Report of proceedings No 150/35, 9 July 1915 by Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian.
Folios 252-256: 15. C-in-C’s remarks. Danish shipping intercepted. Letter No 1589/HF0020, 4 August 1915 with additional handwritten notes. Folios 257-259: 16. C-in-C’s remarks. Dutch trawlers. Letter No 1595/HF0020, 5 August 1915.
Folios 260-262: 17. London Gazette 6 August 1915. Awards in recognition of services in the Patrol Cruisers since the outbreak of war.
Folios 263-297: 18. Operations of 10th Cruiser Squadron 9 July to 21 August 1915. Covering letter No 35, 21 August 1915 with report of proceedings No 206/35, Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian with enclosures:-
No 1. [not in file].
No 2. [see ADM137/1914].
No 3. Movements of armed boarding steamers.
No 4. Letter 35, 6 July 1915 by Captain Thomas E Wardle, HMS Alcantara with report of visit to Jan Mayen Island [Norway] on 3 July 1915 including two track charts.
Folios 298-304: 19. Two intercepted letters. HMS Alsatian. 30 August 1915. Covering letter No 3, 30 August 1915 by Rear Admiral DR De Chair enclosing covering note by Lieutenant HM Howard RNVR with translations of letters from Raphael M Bauer to:- Herbert Gutmann, Direktor der Dresdner Bank, Berlin, Behrenstrasse and, Herrn Siegmund Ichenaeuser, Direktor des Wiener Bankverein, Wien.
Folios 305-308: 20. HMS Teutonic. Passage to White Sea August 1915. Letter 1 September 1915 by Captain George Parish Ross with copy of sailing orders. Covering letter No 0312, 6 September 1915 by Rear Admiral Commanding 10th Cruiser Squadron.
Folios 309-312: 21. Entry of large mail steamships into Stornoway. Naval correspondence September 1915.
Folios 313-316: 22. HMS Antrim. List of vessels examined. 9 September 1915. Letter 13/2092, 10 September 1915 by Rear Admiral Montague E Browning, Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron, HMS Antrim enclosing list of ships met and examined.
Folios 317-321: 23. Boarding of Danish SS Vesta by Embro. September 1915. Handwritten letter from Sub-Lieutenant W Macfarlane RNR to Senior Naval Officer, Kirkwall with added note by WL Down, Harbourmaster. Boarding report; letter No 70/30.E, 6 September 1915 by Admiral SC [?]; copy of telegram C-in-C Grand Fleet to Rear Admiral Commanding 10th Cruiser Squadron, 9 September 1915.
Folios 322-332: 24. Operations of 10th Cruiser Squadron 16 September to 1 October 1915. Covering letter No 35, 1 October 1915 with report of proceedings No 285/35, Cruiser Force “B”, Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian with enclosures:- No 1. [not in file]. No 2. [see ADM137/1914]. No 3. Movements of armed trawlers.
Folios 333-368: 25. Operations of 10th Cruiser Squadron October 1915. Covering letter No 35, 31 October 1915 with report of proceedings No 332/35, Cruiser Force “B”, Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian with enclosures:-
No 1.List of ships intercepted [not in file].
No 2.Movement of ships of 10th Cruiser Squadron [see ADM137/1914].
No 3.Movements of armed trawlers.
No 4.Report 8 October 1915 by Sub-Lieutenant Alf M Eastly RNR, HMS Mantua in charge of armed guard on board Swedish SS Avesta including sketches of submarine encountered and tracks of submarine and SS Avesta.
No 5. Report by Commander William GA Kennedy RN, late of HMS India relative to the loss of that ship. Report 21 August 1915, The Internment Camp, Jorstadmoen.
Folio 367: Letter No 2533/HF0020/12, 9 November 1915 by Admiral JR Jellicoe concerning very heavy weather during proceedings of 10th Cruiser Squadron and bringing attention to fine seamanship of Captain Hugh Edwards DSO, RN of HMS Hildebrand.
Folio 368: Letter No 795, 20 November 1915 by O Murray to C-in-C Home Fleets expressing appreciation of conduct of Captain Hugh Edwards.
Folios 369-383: 26. Operations of 10th Cruiser Squadron 28 August to 15 September 1915. Covering letter No 35, 15 September 1915 with report of proceedings No 266/35, Cruiser Force “B”, Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian with enclosure No 1 [see ADM137/1914].
Folios 381-383: Letter HF0020/143, 14 October 1915 by Admiral CE Madden; letter 35, 20 October 1915 by Rear Admiral Commanding 10th Cruiser Squadron; Admiralty letter M.06474, 7 September 1915.
Folios 384-385: 27. Attempt to ram the Embro. October 1915. Covering letter No 79, 23 October 1915 by Rear Admiral DR De Chair with report 11 October 1915 by Commander in Command Eric VFR Dugmore of attempt to ram HMS Embro by Russian steamer Sicilia on 10 October 1915.
Folios 386-390: 28. Patrol proposals for winter months. Letter No 02, 1 November 1915 by Rear Admiral DR De Chair with relevant tracing; letter HF0020/171, 9 November 1915 by Admiral JR Jellicoe and organisation chart for 10TH Cruiser Squadron as at 8 October 1915.
Folios 391-397: 29. Sailing orders for HMS Arlanza comprising:-
Telegram No 278, 9 October 1915. Having embarked Lieutenant-General Wolfe Murray and Staff Officer and Captain Coubert of the French General Staff to leave for Archangel on the 12 October 1915.
Telegram 279, 9 October 1915. Passages for a few Russian Officers may be required.
Telegram HF0020/140, Admiral JR Jellicoe, HMS Arlanza to proceed to Scapa Flow on completion of duties at Archangel.
Further telegrams:
No 964, 8 October 1915. Captain Corbet of French Army General Staff will take passage.
HF0020/138, C-in-C wishes you to meet Commander Alexander RW Woods.
No 246, 5 October 1915, Lieutenant-General Wolfe Murray is proceeding on a mission to Petrograd.
No 106, 7 October 1915, HF0020/139, 9 October 1915
Telegram No 946, 8 October 1915 and HF0020/137, Admiral JR Jellicoe.
Handwritten telegram of sailing orders 9 October 1915.
Folio 398: 30. Armed trawlers attached to 10th Cruiser Squadron. Employment during winter months. Letter HF0020/188, 19 November 1915. Admiral JR Jellicoe.
Listing continued in ADM 137/1911C.
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