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Folios 306-307: Enclosure No 9. Weekly summary of operations of the Fifth Destroyer...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/545/4

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ADM 137/545/4
Date
1916
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Folios 306-307: Enclosure No 9. Weekly summary of operations of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla for 2 to 9 September 1916 by Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, HMS Blenheim, Captain (D,) Fifth Destroyer Flotilla.

Folios 308-324: Enclosure No 10. Naval Air Service including weekly operations report number 25 dated 8 September 1916 and intelligence summaries for Bulgaria, Dardanelles and Smyrna areas. Aerial photographs of Porna, with close views showing part of transport etc looking East and general views looking North East and South East, 28 August 1916, No 2 Wing “A” Squadron Thasos, (folios 316-319).

Folios 325-326: Admiralty notes on foregoing report and enclosures.

Folios 327-406: 10-16 September 1916 (papers M 09135/16 and N 1820/16).

Folios 328-338: Covering letter and report of operations dated 28 September 1916 (paper No 1677/120.E) Vice Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby on HMS Lord Nelson with reports of detached squadrons as follows: 1st Detached Squadron (Crete and the Anatolian Coast between Samos and Rhodes), 2nd Detached Squadron (Dardanelles area), 3rd Detached Squadron (Salonika area), 4th Detached Squadron (Smyrna, Khios and Samos area), 5th Detached Squadron (Doro-Salonika transport route), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast). Report on evacuation of Greek troops at Cavalla with attention drawn to the work done by Lieutenant Donald P. MacGregor and Vice Consul G.G. Knox. Also involved were Lieutenant Hugh G.B. Bentley, Lieutenant (Acting) John L. Sinclair and trawler skipper Samuel Hawks.

Folios 339-344: Enclosure Number 1. Report of proceedings of First Detached Squadron dated 19 September 1916 by Francis Clifton Brown, HMS Edgar, Captain and Senior Officer, First Detached Squadron. Includes reports of a cattle raid on 15-16 September 1916 in the Symi Peninsula led by Lieutenants A and P Charnaud (folios 342-344).

Folios 345-356: Enclosure Number 2. Report of proceedings of the Second Detached Squadron for 10 to 16 September 1916 by Captain Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, HMS Theseus, Senior Officer, Second Detached Squadron, including RNAS reconnaissance reports.

Folios 357-359: Enclosure Number 3. Report of proceedings for 11 to 16 September 1916 by Captain Cecil Minet Staveley, HMS Endymion, 3rd Detached Squadron, Senior Naval Officer, Salonika.

Folios 360-362: Enclosure Number 4. Report of proceedings for 10 to 16 September 1916 by Captain Frank Larken, HMS Doris at Port Iero, Senior Officer, Fourth Detached Squadron.

Folios 363-364: Enclosure Number 5. Report of proceedings of the Fifth Detached Squadron for 10 to 16 September 1916 by Archibald Cochrane, HMS Skirmisher, Senior Officer 5th Detached Squadron.

Folios 365-371: Enclosure Number 6. Report of proceedings of the Sixth Detached Squadron for 10 to 16 September 1916 by Captain Edgar Grace, HMS Grafton, Senior Officer, 6th Detached Squadron.

Folios 372-373: Enclosure Number 7. Report of proceedings of the Sixth Detached Squadron for 3 to 9 September 1916 by Captain Edgar Grace, HMS Grafton, Senior Officer, 6th Detached Squadron. Attaches letter dated 13 September 1916 of the proceedings of M28 “as being of great interest dealing with a sequence of events [at Kavala] which I imagine are quite unique”, (folios 374-379).

Folios 380-381: Enclosure No 8. Weekly summary of operations of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla for 9 to 16 September 1916 by Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, HMS Blenheim, Captain (D,) Fifth Destroyer Flotilla.

Folios 382-393: Enclosure Number 9. Naval Air Service including weekly operations report number 26 dated 15 September 1916 and intelligence summaries for Bulgaria, Dardanelles and Smyrna areas. (Aerial photographs filed and described at folios 539-541).

Folios 394-395: Enclosure Number 10. Report dated 15 September 1916 by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, HMS Exmouth.

Folios 396-398: Enclosure Number 11. Report dated 19 September 1916 by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, HMS Exmouth.

Folios 399-400: Enclosure Number 12. Report dated 19 September 1916 by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, HMS Exmouth.

Folio 401: Enclosure Number 13. Dispositions of battleships 28 September 1916.

Folios 402-406: Admiralty notes on foregoing report and enclosures.

Folios 407-467: 17-23 September 1916 (papers M 09136/16 and N 1793/16).

Folios 408-415: Covering letter and report of operations dated 6 October 1916 (paper No 1728/120.E) by Vice Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby on HMS Lord Nelson with reports of detached squadrons as follows: 1st Detached Squadron (Crete and the Anatolian Coast between Samos and Rhodes), 2nd Detached Squadron (Dardanelles area), 3rd Detached Squadron (Salonika area), 4th Detached Squadron (Smyrna, Khios and Samos area), 5th Detached Squadron (Doro-Salonika transport route), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast). Submarine reports and general remarks. Mention of Heathcote Smith army intelligence agent on Gymno Island (folio 411).

Folios 416-421: Enclosure Number 1. Report of proceedings of First Detached Squadron dated 27 September 1916 by Francis Clifton Brown, HMS Edgar, Captain and Senior Officer, First Detached Squadron including report of raids between Basilius and Kasikli Bays in the Mandelyah Gulf and on the Anatolian Coast Akbub in Basilius Bay and the head of Kazikli Bay.

Folios 422-430: Enclosure Number 2. Report of proceedings of the Second Detached Squadron for 17 to 23 September 1916 by Captain Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, HMS Theseus, Senior Officer, Second Detached Squadron, includes RNAS reconnaissance reports.

Folios 431-433: Enclosure Number 3. Report of proceedings for 17 to 23 September 1916 by Captain Cecil Minet Staveley, HMS Endymion, 3rd Detached Squadron, Senior Naval Officer, Salonika.

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