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

Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XIII, pack 007, section C.

Cromarty 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 13th of the series.

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

Folios 4-7: Blank.

Folio 8: Contents page.

Folios 9-187: Booms and obstructions.

Folios 189-225: Defences generally. Observation minefields.

Folios 226-311: Defences generally. Fixed military defences.

Folios 312-371: Defences generally. Use of searchlights.

Folios 372-433: Evasion of Cromarty patrols by German minelayer Meteor on 8-9 August 1915.

Folios 434-459: (Transferred to ADM 156/146).

Folios 460-586: Moray Firth patrols.

Folios 587-723: Arrangement for entering and leaving.

Folios 724-776: Miscellaneous papers. Mainly concerning floating dock.