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Folio 531: Report of proceedings of submarine S1 for 26 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/2067/7

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ADM 137/2067/7
Date
1914
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Folio 531: Report of proceedings of submarine S1 for 26 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Gilbert Hilton Kellett.

Folios 532-533: Handwritten report of proceedings for submarine D7 for 24-25 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Brownlow Villiers Layard.

Folio 534: Handwritten report of proceedings for submarine D8 for 24-25 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander William John Foster.

Folios 535-536: Handwritten report of proceedings for submarine E10 for 24-25 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander William St. John Fraser.

Folios 537-538: Handwritten report of proceedings for submarine E12 for 25 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Mervyn Bruce.

Folio 538: Handwritten report of proceedings for submarine E13 for 24-25 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Layton.

Folio 539: Handwritten report of proceedings for submarine E13 for 25 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Layton.

Folios 540-541: Report of proceedings for submarine E11 for 24-25 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith.

Folio 542: Report of proceedings for submarine D6 for 24-26 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Robert Crosby Halahan.

Folio 543: Diagram of various buoys reported by submarine E7. Folios 544-552: Report by Commodore (S) dated 27 December 1914,on operation Plan Y carried out 25 December 1914.

Folios 553-559: Further report by Commodore (S) dated 27 December 1914 on Plan Y, an aerial attack on the enemy’s ships and naval establishments in the Heligoland Bight.

Folio 560: Admiralty’s appreciation of the services of the Submarines of the Eighth Submarine Flotilla employed during the air reconnaissance of the Heligoland Bight and attacks on the military points at Cuxhaven on 25 December 1914. Commendation of Lieutenant Commander Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith’s gallant action in resuing three seaplane pilots whilst being attacked by an airship and in apprehension of submarine attack.

Folios 561, 564: War order 0043 for submarines E2, E7, E8, E10, E11, E12, E15, and HMS Archimede dated 15 December 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, HMS Maidstone.

Folios 562-563: Telegraphic communications between HMS Maidstone and the Admiralty for 15 December 1914.

Folios 565-567: Concerns regarding the deployment of submarines dated 15 December 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, HMS Maidstone.

Folios 568-570, 577-578, 582-586: Reports dated 17 and 21 December 1914 on operations carried out by submarines E2, E7, E8, E10, E11, E12, E15, and HMS Archimede by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, HMS Maidstone. Copies of telegraphic communications dated 16 -17 December 1914 between HMS Adamant, HMS Firedrake, HMS Lurcher and Felixstowe, (folios 571—572).

Folios 573-575: Report of proceedings for submarine E11 for 15-18 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith.

Folio 576: Views of Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, HMS Maidstone, dated 20 December 1914, to the Chief of the War Staff regarding Lieutenant-Commander Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith’s missed opportunity of hitting a first class battleship.

Folio 579: Report of proceedings for submarine E10 for 15-20 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander William St. John Fraser.

Folio 580: Report of proceedings for submarine E15 for 16-18 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Theodore Stuart Brodie.

Folio 581: HMS Archimede report of proceedings dated 20 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander G Herbert and Lieutenant E Deville.

Folio 588: Letter dated 24 December 1914 by the Admiralty to the Postmaster General about setting up telegraphic communication between HMS Maidstone at Harwich to Shotley.

Folio 589: War order cover sheet for submarines E2, E7, and HMS Firedrake dated 23 December 1914.

Folios 590-591: copies of telegraphic communications dated 21-22 December 1914 between the Admiralty, Commodore (S)and Chief of War Staff.

Folios 592-594: Report on the operations carried out by submarines E2, E7, and HMS Firedrake dated 23 December 1914 by Commodore(S).

Folios 595-597: Handwritten report of proceedings for submarine E7 23-26 December 1914. Folio 598: Handwritten report of proceedings for submarine E2 for 22-24 December 1914 by Lieutenant Commander David de Beauvoir Stocks.

Folios 599-600: Blank.

Folio 601: Schedule of additional reports.

Folio 602: Cover sheet of copies of letters.

Folios 603-604: Report concerning disposition and proposals dated 31 July 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 604-605: Duplicate of folios 603-604.

Folio 606: Proposals for entry of H.M. ships, dated 2 August 1914 by Commodore (S).

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HSA 269
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17942106/

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