Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XXIII, pack 0011, sections...

Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XXIII, pack 0011, sections I and J.

Navigational: Vessels found in prohibited areas.

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 23rd of the series.

Folios 3-5: Index of contents.

Folios 6-9: Blank.

Folio 10: Title page Section I. Navigational section.

Folios 11-65: 1. Charts etc.

Folios 66-243: 2. Lights etc.

Folios 68-72: (1) Bell Rock Light.

Folios 73-81: (2) East Coast Lights.

Folios 82-113: (3) Sule Kerry Light.

Folios 114-116: (4) Light Ship Abertay, River Tay.

Folio 117: (5) Thurso Harbour.

Folios 118-120: (6) Auskerry and Hellier Holm.

Folios 121-124: (7) Buoy in Weddel Sound.

Folios 125-176: (8) Lights in the Pentlands.

Folios 177-179: (9) Wick.

Folios 180-187: (10) Firth of Fourth.

Folios 188-194: (11) Shetland.

Folio 195: (12) Copinsay.

Folios 196-197: (13) Hoy boom.

Folio 198: (14) Holburn Head Light.

Folios 199-204: (15) St Abbs and Bell Rock Lights.

Folio 205: (16) Calf of Flotta.

Folios 206-207: (17) Clestron barrier.

Folios 208-211: (18) Diminishing of Light on East Coast, Scotland.

Folios 212-223: (19) Butt of Lewis Light.

Folio 224: (20) Norwegian Lights.

Folio 225: (21) Harwich lights.

Folios 226-240: (22) Light and fog signals in Northern waters.

Folios 241-242: (23) Exhibition of Lights after Armistice.

Folio 243: (24) Broughness Light.

Folios 244-255: 3. Ice in Northern waters.

Folios 256-421: 4. Miscellaneous.

Folios 256-258: Contents pages.

Folios 259-260: (1) Mr George Temple, pilot, Coast of Norway, October 1914.

Folios 261-266: (2) Navigation in North Sea, October 1914.

Folios 267-271: (3) Shore station at Scapa for adjusting compasses.

Folios 272-277: (4) Lighting and buoyage – TBD base at Boston Deep, December 1914.

Folio 278: (5) Compulsory pilotage at the Tyne.

Folio 279: (6) Ships entering Scapa not to alter course for trawlers.

Folios 280-315: (7) Navigation of HM Ships during war.

Folios 316-318: (8) Merchant vessels navigating the Firth of Forth.

Folios 319-325: (9) HMS King George V. Navigational difficulties on leaving Scapa.

Folios 326-331: (10) HMS Minotaur. Meteorological report on cruise to Nordkyn, November 1915.

Folios 332-336: (11) HMS Donegal. Report of proceedings to Alexandrovsk, December 1915.

Folios 337-338: (12) Suggested alteration to General Signal Book, February 1916.

Folios 339-343: (13) Supplement to North Sea Handbook, September 1915.

Folios 344-345: (14) Ship manoeuvring in Scapa at night, January 1916.

Folios 346-357: (15) Tables for use when deploying by oblique pendant, February 1916.

Folio 358: (16) Orders for leaving Cromarty, March 1916.

Folios 359-366: (17) Blyth. Public traffic regulation, June 1916.

Folios 367: (18) Movements of Grand Fleet Ships to be communicated to 10th Cruiser Squadron.

Folios 368-369: (19) TBD screening groups on dark nights, September 1916.

Folios 370-373: (20) Temporary alterations to Secret Fleet Order No 1, September 1916.

Folios 374-377: (21) Orders for raising steam at Invergordon, October 1916.

Folios 378-393: (22) Protection of merchant shipping from enemy minelaying, January 1917.

Folio 394: (23) Position of Terscelling Bank Light, June 1917.

Folio 395: (24) Special rendezvous to be given to all ships with a valuable cargo, July 1917.

Folios 396-403: (25) Orders for Grand Fleet for leaving Rosyth, July 1917.

Folios 404-405: (26) HMS Caesarea to accompany Vulture to Norway.

Folio 406: (27) Signalling weather reports to ships engaged on operations, January 1918.

Folios 407-410: (28) “Set” off the Norwegian coast.

Folios 411-413: (29) Burning sidelights in submarines.

Folio 414: (30) Belfast. Information for ships entering port.

Folios 415-416: (31) Buoy picked up by K-2, August 1918.

Folios 417-418: (32) RS Station, Sandford Bay, Peterhead.

Folios 419-421: (33) HMS Prince Arthur entering prohibited area, September 1918.

Folios 422-468: J. Vessels found in prohibited areas