Folios 266-337: 3 to 9 December 1916 (papers M 049/17 and N 1790/16). Folios 267-275:...

Folios 266-337: 3 to 9 December 1916 (papers M 049/17 and N 1790/16).

Folios 267-275: Covering letter and report of operations dated 21 December 1916 (paper No 2181/120.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 Fourni Islands 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 and East Coast of Greece), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast). Mention of Two prominent Venizelists, Spiro and Constantinos Spirides being informed that they were to be shot and Lieutenant Geoffrey RP Gilpin and Lieutenant Commander Whittall rescuing them at considerable personal risk on trawler 1609 plus 26 Allied subjects, at Volo and taken to Salonika (folio 270).

Folios 276-278: Enclosure number 1, number CP7, report dated 11 December 1916, by Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, Captain and Senior Officer First Detached Squadron, HMS Theseus. Includes a report of proceedings of HM ships belonging to the First Detached Squadron employed on the bloackade of the Anatolian Coast dated 10 December 1916 by Lieutenant Commander Oliver Maurice Fitz-Gerald Stokes, HMS Peony (folios 279-281), an inteliigence report dated 6 December 1916 by Lieutenant Commander Oliver Maurice Fitz-Gerald Stokes, HMS Peony (folio 281) and a weekly report of drills dated 10 December 1916 (folio 282).

Folios 283-284: Enclosure number 2, SO/30, report dated 10 December 1916 of the proceedings of the Second Detached Squadron by Commander Cecil Vivian Usborne, HMS Latona.

Folios 285-287: Enclosure number 3 , number 41/20, report of proceedings dated 10 December 1916 including a summary of military intelligence dated 14 January 1917 by Capain Cecil Minet Staveley, Senior Naval Officer, Salonika, HMS Endymion. Includes a salvage report dated 9 December 1916 regarding SS Norseman by W G Fitzgerald (folio 288).

Folios 289-292: Enclosure number 4, number 88/5, reports of proceedings dated 10 December 1916, by Captain Frank Larken, Senior Officer, Fourth Detached Squadron, HMS Doris at Port Iero.

Folios 293-295: Enclosure number 5, report of proceedings dated 12 December 1916, by Archibald Cochrane, Senior Officer, Fifth Detached Squadron, HMS Skirmisher.

Folios 296-299: Enclosure No 5a, report of proceedings dated 7 December 1916, by Archibald Cochrane, Senior Officer, Fifth Detached Squadron, HMS Skirmisher. Includes a special report on the situation at Volo.

Folios 300-305: Enclosure No 6, number ST/1/50, report of proceedings dated 10 December 1916 by Captain Edgar Grace, Sixth Detached Squadron, HMS Grafton.

Folio 306: report of proceedings dated 10 December 1916 for HMS M32 by Lieutenant Commander Robert Gregory Maze Durrant Hunt.

Folio 307: report of proceedings dated 10 December 1916 for HMS M18 by Lieutenant Commander Reginald Guy Stone.

Folio 308: report of proceedings dated 9 December 1916 for HMS M28 by Lieutenant Donald Priaulx MacGregor.

Folios 309-310: report of proceedings for HMS Raglan dated 7 December 1916 by Commander in Command Broome.

Folios 311-315: Enclosure No 7, number 55 F, dated 14 December 1916, letter of proceedings at Salamis by Arthur Hayes-Sadler, Rear Admiral, HMS Exmouth.

Folios 316-317: Enclosure No 8, number 25/1/16, dated 13 December 1916, weekly summary of operations by Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, HMS Blenheim.

Folios 318-332: Enclosure No 9. Naval Air Service including intelligence summaries for Dardanelles, Bulgaria and Greece and Smyrna areas and weekly operations reports dated 8 December 1916 including summary of erecting, repairing and experimental work carried out in HMS Ark Royal and at repair base during November 1916.

Folios 333-334: Enclosure No 10. Proceedings of special netting flotilla for 26 November – 2 December 1916 1916.

Folios 335-336: Admiralty notes on foregoing reports.

Folios 337-402: 10 to 16 December 1916 (papers M 0509/17 and N 1790/16).

Folios 339-346: Covering letter and report of operations dated 29 December 1916 (paper No 2225/120.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 Fourni Islands 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 and East Coast of Greece), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast). Mention of input from Mr Hastings British Consul and Captain Compton Mackenzie.

Folios 347-349: Enclosure number 1, number RP1, report dated 19 December 1916, by Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, Captain and Senior Officer, First Detached Squadron, HMS Theseus.

Folio 350: Enclosure number 2, SO/31, report dated 17 December 1916 of the proceedings of the Second Detached Squadron by Commander Cecil Vivian Usborne, HMS Latona.

Folios 351-353: Enclosure number 3, number 20, report of proceedings dated 17 December 1916 by Capain Cecil Minet Staveley, Senior Naval Officer, Salonika, HMS Endymion.

Folios 354-358: Enclosure number 4, number 88/5, reports of proceedings dated 17 December 1916, by Captain Frank Larken, Senior Officer, Fourth Detached Squadron, HMS Doris at Port Iero.

Folios 359-363: Enclosure number 5, report of proceedings dated 22 December 1916, by Archibald Cochrane, Senior Officer, Fifth Detached Squadron, HMS Skirmisher.