Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XVII, pack 009, all sections...

Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XVII, pack 009, all sections I and II.

Coast watching and land patrols.

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 17th of the series.

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

Folios 4-8: Blank.

Folio 9: Contents page.

Section I.

Folios: 10-29: Arrangements for watching the coast of Scotland October 1914.

Folios: 30-35: W/T Aberdeen December 1914.

Folio: 36: Reports of mine positions. Aberdeen and Cromarty March 1915.

Folios: 37-44: Reports of submarines from Aberdeen to C-in-C March 1915.

Folio: 45: Aberdeen w/t Intelligence reports.

Folios: 46-56: Submarine report to C-in-C from Thurso. Delay. July 1915.

Folios: 57-58: Reports of submarine etc to Aberdeen for CG.

Folios: 59-70: Aberdeen to Scapa. Land wire. Possible breakdown.

Folios: 71-72: Mine reports to Aberdeen February 1916.

Folios: 73-74: Aberdeen land line. Transmission by w/t to Cyclops. February 1916.

Folios: 75-79: Reports of submarines or mines March 1916.

Folios: 80-96: Abbreviation of telegraphic messages March 1918.

Folios: 97-102: Status of Aberdeen w/t station and distribution.

Folios: 103-106: Distribution of intelligence. Area XV and Bristol Channel July 1918.

Section II

Folios: 107-109: Mine laying off Donegal. Rector of Ballintoy’s letter November 1914.

Folios: 110-120: Coast watching Tara to Galway November 1914.

Folios: 121-141: Coast watching North coast Ireland and North and West of Scotland. Remarks C-in-C November 1914.

Folios: 142-145: Search of Loch Resort for two submarines and tender November 1914.

Folios: 146-151: Suggestions for improvement of detection of mine laying and submarines off the coast of Scotland.

Folios: 152-164: Supposed submarine in Loch Eribol November 1914.

Folios: 165-178: Report of Lochs Roag and Tarbert November 1914.

Folios: 179-185: Look out stations in Shetlands November 1914.

Folios: 186-191: Look outs in Northern Islands. Orkneys December 1914.

Folios: 192-202: Coast watching North and West of Scotland and Hebrides January 1915.

Folios: 203-249: Motor patrol service. Returns for all coast watching stations (paper ALM 03467/14). Includes location, number of watchers employed, rates of pay, district patrolled, length patrolled etc.

Folios: 250-262: Suspected German agent. Loch Eribol January 1915.

Folio: 263: Covering letter forwarding coastguard map from Captain Farquhar to C-in-C June 1915.

Folios: 264-267: Coast watching. Memorandum June 1915.

Folios: 268-273: Coast watching. Confidential memorandum October 1915.

Folios: 274-275: Military patrols withdrawn from Caithness November 1915. Includes names and addresses of coast watchers.

Folio: 276: Covering letter forwarding list of war signal stations, war watching stations and w/t stations. 26 October 1915.

Folios: 277-285: Nominal list and addresses of all coast watching North and West of Scotland April 1916.

Folios: 286-292: Suspicious vessel off Coll June 1917.

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