[Note: ADM 137/1912, 1912A-1912C are produced as a single document: order as ADM...

[Note: ADM 137/1912, 1912A-1912C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/1912].

Trade - The Blockade.

Folio 1: Title page.

Folio 2: Explanatory note During the period of the War, papers of a confidential nature in the office of the C-in-C Home Fleet were filed in Packs (numbered separately from the non-confidential records) in a Series 001 to 0042 inclusive. Copies of germane telegrams were filed in these packs, but a complete set of all telegrams was also maintained. The secret packs were re-arranged by the GF Secretarial staff in February 1919, when papers considered unimportant were removed and destroyed, and the remainder re-indexed. They were received in this form by the Historical Section in April 1920, and bound as received, in a series of Volumes. The 1919 index will be found in the first volume (see ADM 137/1881) and extracts therefrom have been inserted in each succeeding volume. This volume is the 32nd of the series.

Folio 3: Index of contents. Trade – The Blockade. (Note. For double page enclosures see Volume XXXIV – ADM137/1914).

Folios 4-7: Blank.

Folio 8: Title page. 10th Cruiser Squadron – Reports of proceedings 1916 Note. The following reports of proceedings typically enclose; a list of ships intercepted and sent in [to a British port], movements of ships of, and trawlers attached to, 10th cruiser squadron, directional analysis of ships intercepted and sent in, chart showing positions of vessels sent in.

Folios 9-27: 1. Report of proceedings 6-31 December 1915 and Chart for 1915. Covering letter No 8/35, 7 January 1916. Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian with report No 421/35, 31 December 1915.

Folios 28-33: 2. HMS Montagua visit to Reykjavik January 1916. Report 2 January 1916 by Captain John A Webster.

Folios 34-35: 3. Remarks by C-in-C. Letter No 87/HF0020, 10 January 1916 by Admiral JR Jellicoe. Comments on report of proceedings No 421/35, 31 December 1915.

Folios 36-57: 4. Report of proceedings 1-18 January 1916. Covering letters No 231/35, 19 January 1916 and No 13/35, 21 January 1916 with report No 21/35, 16 January 1916. Some enclosures not on file.

Enclosure No 4. Barograph record 3-16 January 1916.

Enclosure No 3. HMS Montagua visit to Reykjavik January 1916.

Report 2 January 1916 by Captain John A Webster. Letter No 231/HF0020, 28 January 1916 by Admiral JR Jellicoe with comments on report of proceedings including bringing attention to delay in completion of ship at Liverpool owing to labour troubles.

Folios 58-83: 5. Report of proceedings 19 January to 6 February 1916. Comprising:- Admiralty letter M.01282/16, No 162, 25 February 1916. Covering letters No 35/35 and No 16/35, 7 February 1916 with report No 35/35, 78 February 1916 by Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian. (Not all enclosures on file.). Enclosure No 3, 19 January 1916). Report of Sub-Lieutenant SF Clarke RNR, officer in charge of armed guard placed on board Norwegian barque Somvaer. Enclosure No 4. Tracing showing positions in which vessels bound to or from Scandinavian ports and sent in with armed guards were intercepted during the month of January 1916. Letter No 361/HF0020, 15 February 1916. Comments on report by Admiral JR Jellicoe with enclosure letter 12 January 1916 from Burrard A Smith, examination officer, Lerwick concerning information on instances of ship evading capture. Admiralty letter No 174, 29 February 1916, paper M.01461/16. Amounts of cargo from Swedish SS Kronprincessin Victoria placed in prize court.

Folios 84-98: 6. Returns of vessels intercepted during 1915. Covering letter No 332/HF0020, 10 February 1916 by Admiral JR Jellicoe with comments and enclosures:- No 1. Vessels and small craft intercepted by 10th Cruiser Squadron during 1915. No 2. Kirkwall and Lerwick. Abstract of vessels which have arrived for examination for period 1 January to 31 December 1915. No 3. Percentage of vessels examined at Kirkwall and Lerwick during 1915, bound for Scandinavia which were allowed to proceed direct to destination. No 4. Percentage of increase of imports into Scandinavia, Denmark and Holland during the year 1915 over normal annual imports, less exports to enemy countries. Based on the average of the years 1911-1913, with sub-enclosures:- No 1. Extract from War Trade Department secret bulletin of trade information No 12, 29 January to 4 February 1916. Effects of the blockade. No 2. Extract of Naval Intelligence No 80, 19 January 1916. Increases in imports to Copenhagen between 1913 and from beginning of the war to August 1915.

Folios 99-129: 7. Report of proceedings 7-27 February 1916. Comprising:- Admiralty covering letter NL.1/26859/16, 13 March 1916 with letter of same date to Under Secretary of State at Foreign Office concerning cattle food imports to Denmark in 1915. Handwritten notes. Admiralty letter NL.1/28224, 5 April 1916 with further information concerning fodder imports to Denmark. Covering letters No 95/35 and No 32/35, 28 February 1916. Report of proceedings. Mention of Sub-Lieutenant Reginald H Ribton RNR dying of pneumonia and arrangements made for burial at Swarbacks Minn with enclosures:- Nos 1-3 not on file. No 4. Report of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant JH Potts RNR, 19 January 1916. Officer in charge of armed guard placed on board Norwegian barque Titania. No 5. Report of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Leonard Stanley RNR, 8 February 1916. Officer in charge of armed guard placed on board Norwegian barque Alonso. No 6. Report of Sub-Lieutenant Charles C Logan RNR, 14 February 1916. Officer in charge of armed guard placed on board Norwegian sailing vessel Hippalos. No 7. Report of Sub-Lieutenant JM Coates RNR, 17 February 1916. Officer in charge of armed guard placed on board Danish schooner Eva Covering letter HF0020/305, 3 March 1916 from Admiral CE Madden to Vice Admiral Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands. Extracts from report of proceedings.

Folios 130-134: 8. Report of proceedings 29 February to 6 March 1916. Covering letters Nos 124/35 and 41/35, 6 March 1916 and report 6 March 1916 by Rear Admiral DR De Chair, HMS Alsatian.

Folios 135-154: 9. Report of proceedings 7-22 March 1916. Comprising:- Covering letters No 139/35 and No 45/35, 23 March 1916. Report 23 March 1916 by Vice Admiral R Tupper, HMS Alsatian Report from Commander HCR Brocklebank, HMS Changuinola on 13 March 1916 of running over an object, possibly a submarine. Letters from Commander HCR Brocklebank and Rear Admiral WB Fawcker 16 and 24 March 1916 that divers had found no marks or damage and had been unable to confirm that HMS Changuinola had struck a submerged object.

Listing continued in ADM 137/1912B.

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