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Catalogue reference: ADM 137/368/2
This record is about the Folios 99-187: 7-13 January 1917 (paper M 01405/17). Folios 100-108: Covering letter... dating from 1916-1917 in the series Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Folios 99-187: 7-13 January 1917 (paper M 01405/17).
Folios 100-108: Covering letter and report of operations (paper No 142/120.E) from Vice Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby on HMS Lord Nelson comprising: Disposition of Battleships and attached cruisers – 13 January 1917, 1st Detached Squadron (Crete and Anatolian Coast from Fourni Islands 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 and East coast of Greece), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast), submarines and mines, general remarks. Mention of deaths of pilot and observer, Flight Sub-lieutenant RKJ Vallings and 2nd Lieutenant Panting 6th Royal Munsters (folio 104).
Folios 109-114: Enclosure No 1. Report of proceedings of the 1st Detached Squadron dated 15 January 1917 by Captain Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, Senior Officer, 1st Detached Sqaudron, HMS Theseus, along with a report of the landing on Kithera Island of Greek troops and 200 bags of flour, (folios 113-114).
Folios 115-116: Enclosure No 2. Report of proceedings of the 2nd Detached Squadron dated 14 January 1917 by Captain Henry Edgar Grace, Senior Officer, HMS Grafton.
Folio 117: Report of gunnery drill week ending 13 January 1917 by Lieutenant Commander A S D George, HMS Grafton.
Folios 118-121: Enclosure No 3. Report of proceedings including a summary of military intelligence dated 14 January 1917 by Capain Cecil Minet Staveley, Senior Naval Officer, Salonika, HMS Endymion.
Folios 122-123: Enclosure No 4. HMS Lowestoft report of proceedings dated 14 January 1917 by Captain Francis William Kennedy, Senior Naval Officer, 4th Detached Squadron.
Folio 124: Extract of weekly report of proceedings of HMS M29 dated 13 January 1917 regarding the bombardment of Paspargo Island by Lieutenant Commander Cyril Callaghan. Folio 125: Disposition of vessels.
Folios 126-127: Reports of gunnery exercises carried out by the 4th Detached Squadron week ending 13 January 1917.
Folios 128-135: Enclosure No 5. Report of proceedings of the 5th Detached Squadron dated 18 January 1917, by Archibald Cochrane, Senior Officer 5TH Detached Squadron, HMS Skirmisher. Includes intelligence notes, (folios 131-134), and a sketch map of Tinos Island, (folio 135).
Folios 136-142: Enclosure No 6. Report of proceedings of the 6th Detached Squadron dated 15 January 1917 by Captain Francis Clifton Brown, Senior Officer 6th Detached Squadron, HMS Edgar. Includes reports of proceedings for HMS M28 dated 14 January 1917 by Lieutenant Donald Priaulx MacGregor, (folio 138); HMS M20 dated 14 January 1917 by Lieutenant Commander James William Fairlough, (folio 139); HMS M32 dated 13 January 1917 by Lieutenant Commander Robert Gregory Maze Durrant Hunt, (folio 140); HMS Raglan dated 14 January 1917 by Commander in Command Broome, (folios 141-142).
Folios 143-145: Enclosure No 7. HMS Exmouth report of proceedings dated 18 January 1917 by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler. Includes list of officers and men of HM Ships Exmouth and Duncan who have been awarded the Croix de Guerre avec Palme for operations on 1 December 1916.
Folios 146-149: Report dated 15 January 1917 of events at Syra and the Cyclades, 9-15 January 1917, by Commander Cecil Vivian Usborne, HMS Latona.
Folios 150-154: Enclosure No 8. Report dated 18 January 1917 of events in the Island of Naxos by Commander Cecil Vivian Usborne, HMS Latona.
Folios 155-157: Enclosure No 9. Report of proceedings of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla dated 17 January 1917 by Captain (D) Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, HMS Blenheim.
Folio 158: Enclosure 10. Report of proceedings of the Special Netting Flotilla dated 17 January 1917 by Captain (K) Stephenson, HMS Hussar.
Folios 159-175: Enclosure No 11. Air Operations weekly report and weekly intelligence reports. Includes report on operations in Southern Bulgaria and on the Struma front and report on operations in Turkey. Includes details of disposition and state of aircraft, intelligences summaries on Bulgaria and Greece, Nestos and Porto Lagos and Smyrna areas. Sketch plan of Old Phaleron seaplane base, (folio 174) and sketch of Larisa aerodrome, (folio 175).
Folio 176: Enclosure 12. Enclosure to Eastern Mediterranean Squadron letter dated 26 January 1917 a list of Ships damaged by various causes.
Folios 177-187: Admiralty notes and extracts on foregoing reports and enclosures, (paper N 1689/1917). Includes remarks about the disturbance in Naxos Island, (folio 183); the occupation of Cerigo Island, (folio 183; on a report by the commanding officer of HM Trawler Koorah regarding Tinos Island, (folios 184-186); visit to General Bairas by the commanding officer of HMS M33. Folios 188-245: 14-20 January 1917, (paper M 01716/17.
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