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Folios 26-34: CB number 01313 O.X.O; Copy number 29; German Destroyers. The Third...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/3060/4

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This record is about the Folios 26-34: CB number 01313 O.X.O; Copy number 29; German Destroyers. The Third... dating from 1917 May 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 137/3060/4
Date
1917 May
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Folios 26-34: CB number 01313 O.X.O; Copy number 29; German Destroyers. The Third Flotilla and the action of 21st April 1917, dated May 1917.

Folios 26-28: Cover sheets and contents.

Folios 28-33: Report of examination of survivors from G 42 and G 85 sunk during the night of 20-21 April 1917. General, (folio 28); 3rd Destroyer, (folio 28); operations of III Flotilla, (folio 29); bombardment of Dover, (folio 29); Details of the action of 21st April 1917 [by HMS Swift and HMS Broke], (folios 29-30); flotillas in Flanders, (folio 30); distinctive marks, (folio 30); details of G Boats, types G37-42 and G 85-96, (folios 30-31); communication, (folio 31); Miscellaneous destroyers: comprising G 101-104, V 99, S 54, V 29, (folio 32); Torpedo Boats, First Class, including A boats, (folio 32); destroyers lost or damaged: G 102, G 88, V 48, G 41, S 21, (folios 32-33); General conditions, (folio 33).

Folio 33: nominal listing of survivors from G 42 with German rank or rating and British equivalent.

Folio 33: nominal listing of survivors from G 85 with German rank or rating and British equivalent.

Folio 34: translation of Watch Book VIII of G 42, 6th Half Flotilla commenced 20 April 1917 12 noon.

Folio 34: Copy of notes found on page 4 of notebook belonging to Mannchen, of Torpedo Boat G 85.

Folio 34: Photograph of G 41 damaged 23 January 1917.

Folio 34: Photograph of G 88 sunk 7-8 April 1917.

Folio 34: Photograph recent of 'S' boat.

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Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War

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