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Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet Volume VIII: Pack 005: Sections...
Catalogue reference: ADM 137/1888
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This record is about the Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet Volume VIII: Pack 005: Sections... dating from 1914-1918 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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- ADM 137/1888
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1918
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Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet
Volume VIII: Pack 005: Sections L and M: Reports by vessels damaged by striking mines: Mine protection devices for ships
Folio 1: Title page.
Folio 2: Explanatory note. During the period of the War, papers of a confidential nature in the office of the C-in-C Home Fleet were filed in Packs (numbered separately from the non-confidential records) in a Series 001 to 0042 inclusive. Copies of relevant telegrams were filed in these packs, but a complete set of all telegrams was also maintained. The secret packs were re-arranged by the Grand Fleet Secretarial staff in February 1919, when papers considered unimportant were removed and destroyed, and the remainder re-indexed. They were received in this form by the Historical Section in April 1920, and bound as received, in a series of Volumes. The 1919 index will be found in the first volume (see ADM 137/1881) and extracts from this have been inserted in each succeeding volume. This volume is the 8th of the series.
Folio 3: Index of contents. Trade – The Blockade.
Folios 4-7: Blank.
Folio 8: Contents page.
Section L: Reports from vessels damaged by striking mines.
Folios 9-53: HMS Lilac.
Folios 54-56: Trawler Jasper No 164.
Folios - : Dahlia (See ADM 137/1889 Folios 307-329).
Folios 57-69: HMS Carnation.
Folios 70-77: HMS Cleopatra.
Folios 78-111: Miscellaneous vessels.
Folios 112-119: HMS Princess Margaret.
Section M: Mine protecting devices for ships.
Folios 121-170: Mine protection device for merchant ships.
Folios 171-180: Device from HMS Thames.
Folios 181-185: Bow catching device for minesweepers.
Folios 186-193: Bow catching device in gunboats.
Folios 194-196: Russian system of bow defence in Speedwell.
Folios 197-201: Bullivant’s mine catcher – experience on HMS Jason.
Folios 202-277: HMS Skipjack crinoline defence.
Folios 278-279: Abandonment of gear in gunboats.
Folios 280-286: HMS Achates – suggestion for battleship defence.
Folios 287-326: HMS Conqueror – bow defence.
Folios 327-344: Bow kites February 1916.
Folios 345-350: Modification of bow mine defence in trawlers.
Folios 351-356: Bow raft defence.
Folios 357-364: All round net defence mine gear
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- HSA 90
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ADM 137
Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War
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