Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XII, packs 007, section...

Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XII, packs 007, section A.

Scapa Flow defences

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 11th of the series

Folio 3: Index of contents. Trade – The Blockade.

Folios 4-7: Blank.

Folio 8: Contents page.

Folios 9-241: Booms and submarine obstructions.

Folios 242-335: Block ships and proposals for permanent breakwater or obstructions. Steel hurdles etc.

Folios 336-486: Shore defences and accommodation of base officers and men.

Folios 487-590: Protection by minefields.

Folios 591-626: Orders for the defences in event of attack.

Folios 627-680: Instructions for entering and leaving.

Folios 681-796: Miscellaneous papers.