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Folio 607: Procedure for entry of H.M. ships, dated 2 August 1914 by Captain Geoge...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/2067/8

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Reference
ADM 137/2067/8
Date
1914
Description

Folio 607: Procedure for entry of H.M. ships, dated 2 August 1914 by Captain Geoge Cuthbert Cayley, Senior Naval Officer, Harwich.

Folio 608: Proposals with reference to war orders of 31 July 1914 for submarines E6 and E8, dated 2 August 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folio 609: Recognition signal to be used byr HMS HMS Lurchers and HMS Firedrake, dated 4 August 1914 by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S), HMS Maidstone at Harwich.

Folios 610-611: Arrangements in the case of death of senior naval officers, dated 5 August 1914 by Commodore (S). Folios 612-613: Intercepted signals from Jaguar to Cuxhaven, dated 8 August 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 614-617: Proceedings of submarines E6 and E8 toghether with some proposals, dated 15 August 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folio 618-619: Instructions as to the probable behaviour of hostile submarines, dated 20 August 1914 by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S), HMS Maidstone at Harwich.

Folio 620: Conduct of the enemy’s destroyers when encountering our submarines. Folio 621-622: Report as to a carrier pigeon possibly belonging to “Fritz” being the naturalised English proprietor of the Victoria Hotel, Dovercourt who was suspected of being a German Agent and his subsequent arrest, dated 29 August 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 623-624: Proposed destroyer scheme, dated 7 September 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 625-627: Deployment of submarines in the Firth of Forth, dated 11 September 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 628-631: Conference with the Senior Naval Officer, Coast of Scotland and proposals, dated 11 September 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 633-634: Copies of signals dated 22 September 1914. Folios 635-637: Remarks on anti-submarine tactics, dated 25 September 1914 by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S).

Folios 638-639: Deployment of the Gustave Zede for service in the Heligoland Bight, dated 26 September 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 640-642: Employment of armed trawlers against the enemy’s submarines, dated 26 and 30 September 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 643-647: The service of submaines performed since the commencement of hostilities, dated 27 September 1914 by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S), HMS Maidstone at Harwich.

Folio 648: The operations of submarines D3, D5, E4 and E9 on 4 August 1914, and of E5, E7, D2 and D3 on 14 August 1914 in the Bight.

Folios 649-652: Attacks on enemy destroyers, dated 28 September 1914 by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S).

Folio 653: Use of fishing nets to detect hostile submarines, dated 30 September 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 654-655: Use of the modified sweep, dated 16 October 1914 by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S).

Folios 656-657: The service of submaines performed since the commencement of hostilities, dated 17 October 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folio 658: Request to be kept informed of the movements of submarines dated 19 October 1914 by Alfred Astley Ellison, Captain in Charge Naval Base, Lowestoft.

Folios 659-660: Communications with the Naval Base Lowestoft, dated 22 October 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 661-671: Employment of submarines against attempted raid or invasion, dated 1 November 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 672-674: Construction of submarines list with dates of their completion and place of construction by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S).

Folios 675-680: A paper on the history and development of British Submarines dated 6 April 1914 by the Office of Commodore (S).

Folios 680-682: Organisation of flotillas dated 5 November 1914 by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S).

Folio 683: The deployment of Gustave Zede (French ship), dated 5 November 1914 by Roger Keyes, Commodore (S).

Folios 684-687: Defensive measures againt submarine attacks with diagrams, dated 14 November 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 688-696: Report on the blackwater incident of 13 November 1914 and associated expenses, dated 14 November 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folios 697-702: Organisation of flotillas, dated 16 November 1914 by Commodore (S).

Folio 703: Method of attack on enemy submarines, dated 11 December 1914 by Commodore (S).

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Former department reference
HSA 269
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Open Document, Open Description
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