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Folios 35-49: CB number 01316 O.X.O; Copy number 25; German Battleship Friedrich...
Catalogue reference: ADM 137/3060/5
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This record is about the Folios 35-49: CB number 01316 O.X.O; Copy number 25; German Battleship Friedrich... 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 137/3060/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 35-49: CB number 01316 O.X.O; Copy number 25; German Battleship Friedrich Der Grosse, dated May 1917.
Folios 35-36: Cover sheets.
Folio 37: Contents.
Folios 38-49: Report of examination of Karl Trommer, Able Seaman, deserter from the German Navy. General details about Trommer, (folio 38); operations and movements of the Friedrich der Grosse, (folios 38-39); colour plate showing general details of Friedrich der Grosse, (folio 38); Jutland action: general details, blind shells, damage to other ships, (folio 39); squadron formations, (folios 39-40).
Folios 40-45: general details of Friedrich der Grosse. Turrets, (folio 40); elevating and training, (folio 40); breech mechanism, (folio 40 and 42); black and white diagrammatic sketches of 12 inch (30.5cm) Gun House, E Turret, and working chamber (folios 40-41); loading arrangements, (folio 42); ammunition supply, (folios 42-43); sighting gear, (folio 43); method of firing, (folio 43); arrangements in case of fire, (folio 43); control of fire, (folios 43-44); ammunition, (folio 44); 5.9 inch battery, (folio 44); armament, (folio 44); instructional apparatus, (folio 44); range finders, (folio 44); torpedoes, (folio 44); searchlights, (folio 44); wireless telegraphy, (folio 44); lower conning tower, (folio 44); action signal stations, (folio 44); mines, (folio 44); anti-rolling tanks, (folio 44); coaling, (folio 44); fuel, (folio 44); complement, (folio 45); speed, (folio 45); look outs, (folio 45); gas masks, (folio 45); officers, (folio 45).
Folio 46: tactics and manoeuvring.
Folio 46: signalling.
Folio 46: firing practices.
Folio 46: plate showing fore part of S.M.S. Baden lying in the Imperial Yard at Kiel.
Folio 46: smoke screen.
Folio 46: tripod masts and control positions.
Folio 46: Battleships including Bayern, Wittelsbach, Kaiser Friedrich, and Hagen classes. Mention is made to the damage to Grosser Kurfurst and Kronprinz on 5 March 1917.
Folio 47: Battle Cruisers including Hindenburg, Derfflinger, Seydlitz.
Folio 47: Cruisers including Roon, Prinz Heinrich, and Furst Bismarck.
Folios 47-48: Light Cruisers including Konigsberg, Brumme and older light cruisers together with a colour plate showing disposition of armaments.
Folio 48: M boats.
Folio 49: Raiders.
Folio 49: Painting of funnels.
Folio 49: New Construction including Battle and Light cruisers.
Folio 49: Conditions in the German Navy.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 137
Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War
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