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Listing continued from ADM 137/382/1. Folios 176-199: (paper M 07568/15, titled N1152/15)...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/382/2

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This record is about the Listing continued from ADM 137/382/1. Folios 176-199: (paper M 07568/15, titled N1152/15)... dating from 1914 Dec-1916 Jan 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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ADM 137/382/2
Date
1914 Dec-1916 Jan
Description

Listing continued from ADM 137/382/1.

Folios 176-199: (paper M 07568/15, titled N1152/15) Submarine E2, 13 August-14 September 1915. Covering letter 923/179, Vice Admiral John Michael de Robeck, HMS Triad, 23 September 1915, (folios 177-179), with report by Lieutenant Commander de Beauvoir Stocks, for submarine E2 covering 13 August-14 September 1915 dated 16 September 1915 which also includes mentions of meritorious service, (folios 181-192).

Folios 200-218: (paper M 08979/15) Submarine E12, 16 September to 26 October 1915. Covering letter 1176/179, Vice Admiral John Michael de Robeck, 3 November 1915, (folios 201-203), with report on movements of submarine E12 for 16 September – 26 October 1915 by Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Mervyn Bruce, HMS Adamant, dated 26 October 1915 (folios 205-214).

Folios 219-241: (paper M 08977/15) Submarine H1, 2-31 October 1915. Covering letter 1195/179, Vice Admiral John Michael de Robeck, 6 November 1915, (folios 220-222) with report of proceedings for Submarine H1, 2-31 October 1915, by Lieutenant Commander Wilfred Bayley Pirie, dated 2 November 1915, (folios 223-234). Telegram and approval of the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant Commander Wilfred Bayley Pirie and the Distinguished Service Medal to Robert Mills (ON 770072) and Robert Oscar Moth (ON 220366), (folios 239-241).

Folios 242-268: (paper M 0207/15, titled N1145/15) Submarine E11, 6 November to 23 December 1915. Covering letter 1564/179, Vice Admiral John Michael de Robeck, HMS Lord Nelson, 31 December 1915, (folios 243-244), with a report of proceedings and recommendations for meritorious service by Lieutenant Commander Martin Eric Nasmith for submarine E11, 6 November to 23 December 1915 dated 23 December 1915, (folios 246-261). Intelligence gathered from the Captain of the Shirket Steamer number 40 sunk on 5 December 1915, (folios 262-263). List of vessels destroyed 6 November to 23 December 1915, (folio 264).

Folios 269-279: (paper M 0857/16, titled N1152/16) Submarine E2, 9 December 1915 to 3 January 1916. Covering letter 89/179, Vice Admiral John Michael de Robeck, HMS Lord Nelson, 13 January 1916, (folio 270), with a report of proceedings for submarine E2 and recommendations for meritorious service for 9 December 1915 to 3 January 1916 by Commander David de Beauvoir Stocks, (folios 271-276).

Folios 280-314: Appendix I (paper M 04195/15, titled N1156/15). Report dated 22 April 1915 regarding the loss and destruction of submarine E15 on 17 April 1915, by Rear Admiral Stuart Nicholson, (folios 283-286). Sailing Orders by Vice Admiral John Michael de Robeck, HMS Queen Elizabeth, 16 January 1916 to Lieutenant Commander Theodore Stuart Brodie, Submarine E15, (folio 287). Covering letter and report by Lieutenant Commander (T) Eric Gasgoine Robinson dated 20 April 1915 regarding operations carried out by HMS Vengeance on 18 April 1915, (folios 289-292). List of men mentioned for meritorious service, (folio 293). Report dated 22 April 1915 by Lieutenant Commander Charles Gordon Brodie a passenger on board submarine B 6 on 19 April 1915, (folios 294-296). Diary of events for submarine B6 for 16 -19 April 1915, (folios 298-299). List of crew of submarine B6 during reconnaissance of E15 on 17 and 19 April 1915, (folio 302).

Folios 305-314: (paper M 024812/18).

Report by Archibald Douglas Cochrane, previously a prisoner of war, dated 15 September 1915, from Famagusta, Cyprus, regarding the loss of the submarine E7 on 4 September 1915, (folios 306-308).

Folios 315 - 396: Appendix II, Recommendations for award of distinctions.

List of crew of submarine AE2, (folio 317); crew of submarine E 14, (folio 318); telegrams concerning the award of the Victoria Cross to Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, (folios 321-323). Correspondence concering gallantry awards to crew of submarines E11, (folios 326-329)and submarine E14, (folios 330-333). Nominal list of crew of submarine E 11, (folio 334). Advance copy of the supplement of the London Gazette to be published 13 September 1915, (folios 339-341). Report of proceedings for submarine E11 dated 4 September 1915 for 5 August to 3 September 1915 by Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, (folios 343-363). [The report is very faint]. Extracts from the diary of one of the HM submarines operating in the Sea of Marmora published as giving an example of the work which is being carried out by all of them, with Admiralty comments, (folios 364-378). Men of submarine E11 recommended for gallantry awards, (folios 379-389). Letter by Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith dated 21 January 1916 regarding the award of the Distinguished Service Medal to Chief Petty Officer Robert W. Speirs and Leading Seaman William R. Axworthy, (folio 383). Advance copy of supplement to London Gazette dated 24 February 1916, (folios 385-386). Correspondence regarding awards to the crew of submarine E2, including (paper M 69328/17), (folios 389-396).

Folios 397-422: Appendix III.

Folios 397-400: Loss of French submarine Mariotte dated 26 July 1915, (French report).

Folios 401-409: (paper NID 12311/17) Loss of E7 dated 4 September 1915. [Translation from German].

Folios 410-420: (paper NID 12109/17) Loss of French submarines Turquoise on 30 October 1915 and of E20 in November 1915, translated from Die Woche, 10 March 1917. [Copy of Die Woche newspaper 10 March 1917].

Folios 421-422: Extract from a true copy of the report made by Sub-Lieutenant Geoffrey Fitzgerald, Royal Naval Reserve regarding the loss of HM submarine E15 on 17 April 1915.

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Sea of Marmora, Report of Proceedings of H.M. Submarines, 1915. (Described at item...

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