Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XXII: Pack 0011: Section...

Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XXII: Pack 0011: Section C, D, E, F, G and H:

Convoys.

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 these have been inserted in each succeeding volume. This volume is the 22nd of the series.

Folio 3: Index of contents.

Folios 4-7: Blank.

Folios 8-40: Section C - East Coast convoys.

Folios 41-167: Section D - Suggestions for protecting convoys.

Folios 168-220: Section E - Miscellaneous convoys and escorts.

Folios 221-317: Section F - Oilers and their escorts.

Folios 318-386: Section G - Mercantile Fleet Auxiliaries (MFA’s) Vulture and Louth.

Folio 387: Title page Section H - Routing of ships generally.

Folios 388-555: Section H1- Routes for merchant ships generally.

Folios 556-669: Section H2-Routes for merchant ships from Baltic ports to England.

Folios 670-699: Section H3 - HM Ships and trawlers.

Folios 700-776: Section H4 - Mercantile Fleet Auxiliaries (MFA’s)and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries (RFA’s).