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Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XXXIV, pack 0020, sections...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/1914

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This record is about the Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XXXIV, pack 0020, sections... dating from 1914-1918 in the series Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ADM 137/1914
Date
1914-1918
Description

Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet, Volume XXXIV, pack 0020, sections II-IV [enclosures to Volumes XXXI to XXXIII, double sided].

This volume is not foliated.

Title page.

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 34TH of the series.

Index of contents. Double page enclosures in Pack 0020, Sections II, III and IV (Volumes XXXI to XXXIII).

This volume contains enclosures to the reports of proceedings contained in preceding volumes ADM 137/1911, 1912 and 1913. The enclosures mainly comprise lists of ships operating as part of the tenth cruiser squadron with dates of joining and leaving the squadron, dates of patrols and comments; lists of ships intercepted giving details of owner, which British ship carried out interception, position of interception, where vessel from, its destination, cargo and action taken (by British warship), remarks, some also have course and direction of travel of intercepted vessel.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HSA 116
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4113580/

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ADM 137

Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War

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