Folio 1: Volume cover sheet. Folio 2: Volume explanatory note. Folio 3: List of volume...

Folio 1: Volume cover sheet.

Folio 2: Volume explanatory note.

Folio 3: List of volume docketed papers.

Folio 4: Historical Section volume reference notes.

Folios 5-7: Blank.

Folio 9: History Section volume precis.

Folios 10-46: (papers M 0306/15 and M 03104/15).

Folio 11: Letter number 634/1062, report of proceedings dated 26 October 1914, for 6 to 25 October 1914, from Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, Captain, HMS Chatham at Mombasa, to Richard Henry Pierse, Commander in Chief, East Indies. HM ships Chatham, Dartmouth and Weymouth to search for Konigsberg.

Folios 12-13: HMS Chatham, diary of events, 6 to 14 October 1914.

Folio 14: Track chart of HMS Chatham for 15 to 23 October 1914.

Folio 15: Movements of HM ships Chatham, Dartmouth and Weymouth for 17 October to 25 October 1914 (in tabular form).

Folios 16-22: Report and letters regarding the search of Lindi Inner Harbour and River on 19 October 1914 by HMS Chatham sent by Sidney Robert Drury Lowe. Conversion of SS Prasident into a hospital ship, (folio 20). Extract from the Hague Convention signed on 18 October 1907 concerning hospital ships, (folio 22).

Folios 23-25: Report by Sidney Robert Drury Lowe on visit to Dar-Es-Salaam on 21 and 22 October 1914 by HMS Chatham.

Folios 26-27: Conversations held on board HBM ship, lying off Dar-Es-Salaam on 22 October [1914] between the Captain of the ship and the representative of the Acting Governor of Dar-Es-Salaam.

Folios 29-32: Letter number 634/1062, report of proceedings for 26 October to 13 November 1914, by Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, Captain, HMS Chatham at Mombasa, to Richard Henry Pierse, Commander in Chief, East Indies.

Folios 33-35: Details of information supplied by three natives on HMS Chatham on 30 October 1914.

Folio 36: Track chart of HMS Chatham for 28 October to 12 November 1914.

Folios 40-46: Letter number 147/1062, search for Konigsberg on East African Coast. Enclosure omitted from ship's report, dated 26 October 1914. Secret memorandum number 1, dated 14 October 1914, by Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, Captain, HMS Chatham at Mombasa.

Folios 47-73: (paper M 019/15).

Folios 49-51: Report number 160 by by Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, Captain, HMS Chatham at Zanzibar dated 12 November 1914, regarding the operation of blocking the Suniga branch of the Rufigi River to prevent the escape of the Konigsberg. Commendations for Commander Raymond Fitzmaurice, RN, for his coolness and gallantry on this occasion, and the following, Lieutenant John Clarke Stewart Paterson, HMS Goliath; Lieutenant Commander George Holbrow Lang, HMS Weymouth; Lieutenant Frederick Ross Maxwell Johnson, HMS Chatham; Lieutenant Reginald S Triggs, RNR, HMS Chatham (severely wounded); Sub-Lieutenant James P A Bremridge, HMS Chatham.

Folios 52-55: Memorandum A dated 6 November 1914 by Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, Captain, HMS Chatham, orders for torpedo attack on the Somali on 7 November 1914.

Folios 56-59: Memorandum B dated 9 November 1914 by Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, Captain, HMS Chatham, orders for blocking the entrance of the Rufigi River on 10 November 1914.

Folios 60-67: Report by Commander Raymond Fitzmaurice dated 11 November 1914 on the blocking operations in the left entrance of the river leading to Salale. Movements of HMS Newbridge, (folio 61). Names of officers and men belonging to HMS Chatham employed in blocking operations: Lieutenant H V Lavington; Lieutenant Frederick R M Johnson; Sub-Lieutenant James P A Bremridge; Petty Officer Walter J Harmer, ON 188407; Petty Officer William D Chandler, ON 218266; Leading Seaman Alfred H Rose, ON 236177; Leading Seaman Walter Wade, ON 213751; Leading Seaman Charles Laplain, ON 239761; Able Seaman Sam Morris, ON 203316; Able Seaman Cecil H Edwards, ON J2910; Able Seaman Hugh T Jones, ON 217911; Able Seaman Stephen Webber, ON J16088; Able Seaman George Stock, ON 219975; Able Seaman Herbert Dobson, ON 223645; Able Seaman Alfred Willis, ON 217207; Able Seaman William H Richards, ON J13411; Able Seaman Harold V Merry, ON J12475; Signalman William A Goodwin, ON J4067; Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Arthur G Pedder, ON 271351; Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Joseph Gladwell, ON 272261; Engine Room Artificer Arthur Barnes, ON 342167; Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Edgar Wilkinson, ON M518; Stoker Petty Officer Lawrence Trigg, ON K10253; Stoker Petty Officer Douglas Beresford, ON 308090; Stoker Petty Officer Charles Gardner, ON 233422; Stoker 1st Class Albert A Sell, ON K10833; Stoker 1st Class Percy C Reddan, ON K312452; Stoker 1st Class John A Claxton, ON K8181; Lieutenant Reginald S Triggs, RNR (employed in Duplex); Signalman Frederick W Raven, ON 225331, (folio 64). List of killed and wounded (with details of nature of wounds) during the operations in connection with blocking the channel of the Rufigi River, German East Africa on 10 November 1914 - killed: Walter Fitzjohn, Leading Seaman, Ch 228785, HMS Weymouth; Timothy McCarthy, Leading Seaman, 220297, lent to HMS Chatham proper ship HMS Goliath; wounded - Reginald S Triggs, Lieutenant RNR, HMS Chatham; Charles Laplain, Leading Seaman, Ch 239761; John William Stobart, Able Seaman, 233177, HMS Dartmouth; Googi, Lascar, HMS Duplex; Dewamertha Calassi, Lascar, HMS Duplex; Frederick W Raven, Leading Seaman, Ch 225331, HMS Chatham; Robert Hutchings, Able Seaman, 227240, HMS Weymouth; Johnston Robertson, Leading Seaman, 225836, HMS Weymouth; Tom Johnson, Private Royal Marine, Ch 15785, (folio 65). Rough plan of Simba-Uranga entrance to Rufigi River showing estimated positions of enemy's defences on 10 November 1914, (folio 66). Soundings of the Simba Uranga mouth in connection with HMS Newbridge, (folio 67).

Folios 69-73: Letter number 629/1062. Letters regarding the forwarding of the report regarding the operation of blocking the entrance to the Rufigi River, German East Africa.

Folios 74-79: (paper M 17163/15).

Folio 75: Letter number 707/1062, dated 31 January 1915 by Richard Henry Peirse, Vice Admiral, Commander in Chief, East Indies forwarding the enclosures described at folios 76-77.

Folio 76: Letter dated 23 November 1914 by Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, Captain, HMS Chatham, concerning additional names of men noticed for gallantry during the blocking operations against the Konigsberg. Mentions William Dean Chandler, ON 218266; Herbert Dobson, ON 223645; Arthur Gillingham Pedder, 271351, all serving on HMS Chatham.

Folio 77: Letter dated 14 November 1914 by Lieutenant Commander John Clarke Stewart Paterson, HMS Goliath, at Mombasa, to Captain Thomas Lawrie Shelford, HMS Goliath regarding the Picket Boat's crew in the operations against the Konigsberg. Mentions James Mulford, ON J9811; Richard McClatchie, ON 209542; Frederick John Patterson, ON 223018.

Folio 78: Letter dated 16 November 1914 by Captain Thomas Lawrie Shelford, HMS Goliath, to Captain Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, Captain, HMS Chatham stating that the coxswain was wounded at the start of the action and that Lieutenant Commander John Clarke Stewart Paterson steered the boat on this occasion.