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[Note: ADM 137/1915A-1915C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/1915...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/1915C

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This record is about the [Note: ADM 137/1915A-1915C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/1915... dating from 1915-1917 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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ADM 137/1915C

Date

1915-1917

Description

[Note: ADM 137/1915A-1915C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/1915].

Listing continued from ADM137/1915B.

Folios 305-308: Letters HF0020/249 and 250, 31 January 1916. Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe to Vice Admiral Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands and Vice Admiral Stornoway forwarding letters on interception of vessels.

Folios 309-310: Letter 4 February 1916. Vice Admiral Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper, Stornoway to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Various issues related to patrols and strategy for searching merchant vessels.

Folios 311-319: Covering letter No 332/HF0020, 10 February 1916. Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe to Admiralty with returns of 10th Cruiser Squadron of numbers of vessels intercepted during 1915.

Folios 320-321: Note headed Percentages 1 January to 31 December 1915. Analysis by percentages of ships examined, sent to British ports etc during 1915. [Pencil note at top of first page stating not sent to Admiralty].

Folios 322-323: Letter No 1452/HF0020, 1 July 1916. Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe to Admiralty. Suggestion that as a result of recent action blockade should be rendered more stringent.

Folios 324-325: Admiralty letter No 730, 1 August 1916 (paper NL1/31556). Reply by William Graham Greene to Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe concerning making blockade more stringent.

Folios 326-330: Letter No 3106/HF0020, 30 December 1916. Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe Jellicoe to Admiralty. Remarks relative to arrangements for maintaining the blockade.

Folios 331-334: Blank.

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HS 1

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Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Air Force
Conflict
Food and drink
Navy
Official publications
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Operations, battles and campaigns
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ADM 137

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

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