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Catalogue reference: ADM 137/2067/5
This record is about the Folio 401: Handwritten report of proceedings of submarine D8 for 19 - 21 October... dating from 1914 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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Folio 401: Handwritten report of proceedings of submarine D8 for 19 - 21 October 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander William John Foster.
Folios 402-403: Handwritten report of proceedings of submarine E7 for 19 - 21 October 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Ferdinand Eric Bertram Feilmann. Diagram of an black buoy, (folio 403).
Folio 404: Comments on the operations of submarines submarines D3, D5, D8, and E7 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, dated 22 October 1914.
Folios 405-406: War order 0029 for submarine D4, dated 19 October 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, HMS Maidstone.
Folio 407: Report of proceedings of submarine D4 for 19 – 23 October 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander John Robert Guy Moncreiffe.
Folio 408: Comments on the operations of submarines D4 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, dated 23 October 1914.
Folios 409-410: War order 0030 for submarines D2 and E5, dated 21 October 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, HMS Maidstone.
Folios 411-412: Report of proceedings of submarine D2 for 21 – 25 October 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Arthur George Jameson.
Folios 413-414: Report of proceedings of submarine E5 for 21 – 25 October 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Arthur George Jameson.
Folio 415: Comments on the operations of submarines D2 and E5 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, dated 25 October 1914.
Folios 416-417: War order 0030 for submarines E4, dated 22 October 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, HMS Maidstone.
Folio 418: Report of proceedings of submarine E4 for 23 – 26 October 1914 by Commander Ernest William Leir.
Folio 420: Comments on the operations of submarine E4 Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, dated 28 October 1914.
Folios 421-423: War orders 0032-0033 for submarines D1, D6 and E6, dated 23-24 October 1914.
Folios 424-425: Report of proceedings of submarine D1 for 25 – 28 October 1914 by Commander Archibald Douglas Cochrane.
Folios 426-427: Report of proceedings of submarine D6 for 24 – 27 October 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Robert Crosby Halahan.
Folios 427-429: Report of proceedings of submarine E6 for 23 – 28 October 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Ponsonby Talbot.
Folio 428 – number not used.
Folios 430-431: Comments on the operations of submarines D1 and E6, Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, dated 29 October 1914.
Folios 432-433: War order 0034 for submarines E2, dated 27 October 1914. Folio 434: Report of proceedings of submarine E2 for 27 – 30 October 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander David de Beauvoir Stocks.
Folios 435-436: War order 0035 for submarine E8, dated 29 October 1914.
Folios 437-438: War order 0036 for submarine E8, dated 1 November 1914.
Folio 440: Report of proceedings of submarine D3 for 5 – 8 November 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Robert Ross Turner.
Folios 441-442: War order 0037 for submarine E10, dated 1 November 1914.
Folios 443-444: Report of proceedings of submarine E10 for 5 – 16 November 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander William St John Fraser.
Folio 445: Comments on the operation of submarine E10, Commodore (S), dated 17 November 1914.
Folios 446-448: War orders 0037-0038 for submarines D2, D6, D8, E5, E11 and E12, dated 3 November 1914. Raid by German cruiser on Coast and loss of D5.
Folios 449-450: Rough list of Officers and crew of Submarine D5. Includes name, rank or rating, service number and next of kin details and addresses.
Folio 451: Notification of the sinking of submarine D5 by Captain Arthur Kipling Waistell, dated 3 November 1914. Mentions the names of supposed survivors.
Folios 452-453: Report about the sinking of submarine D5 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, dated 5 November 1914.
Folios 454-455: Regarding orders to submarines D3, D5 and E10 to attack enemy cruisers engaging HMS Halcyon by Captain Arthur Kipling Waistell, dated 4 November 1914.
Folios 456-457: Report of proceedings of submarine D5 for 2 – 3 November 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey Herbert. Submarine D5 sank on hitting a mine on 3 November 1914. Herbert was one of five survivors.
Folio 458: Loss of submarine D5. Remuneration to skipper of the Steam Drifter Faithfull for services rendered, letter by Commodore (S), dated 12 November 1914.
Folio 459: Loss of submarine D5. Remuneration to Skipper James Collin of the Steam Drifter Faithfull from Eyemouth for services rendered in the rescue of survivors, letter by Captain (D) and Senior Naval Officer Wilmot Nicholson, dated 7 November 1914. Other correspondence and papers regarding this follows on folios 460-471. Also a statement dated 9 February 1915 by Alfred Jenner Skiper of the Steam Drifter Homeland who also offered assistance in the rescue of survivors from D5 (folios 473-474). Other correspondence about the Homeland’s rescue efforts are in folios 475-477.
Folios 478-479: War order 0040 for submarines E11 and E12, dated 18 November 1914 by Commodore (S), HMS Maidstone.
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Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War
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