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'The North Sea': map showing 'the approximate positions of German Submarines on the...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/671/5
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPI 1/671/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1913-1924
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Description (What the record is about)
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'The North Sea': map showing 'the approximate positions of German Submarines on the occasion of the High Sea Fleet sortie of August 19 th 1914'. Compass roses. Published at the Admiralty, 4 June 1913. New editions 1917, 1919 and 1922. Magnetic variation 1922. Corrections 1923 and 1924. This chart apparently replaced a tracing mentioned in accompanying note as showing 'the positions of the enemy submarines on the occasion of the sortie of the High Sea Fleet on the 19th August, 1916, which is considered to be the greatest concentration of these vessels directed against British warships'. Paper NSC 18 of the Committee of Imperial Defence Sub-Committee on the Question of the Capital Ship in the Navy, 1920-21.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- Admiralty chart 2339
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 96 cm x 63 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1686700
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, with coloured MS additions
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 5109.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8970354/
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