Catalogue description PART II. Various papers, (folios 54-337): Folios 56-60: SS Craigforth damaged by mine in...

PART II. Various papers, (folios 54-337):

Folios 56-60: SS Craigforth damaged by mine in the Bosporus, (paper M 21046/14). Board of Trade 9 December 1914; (folios 57-58) report under oath by Harold Frederick Fowles master of the ship.

Folios 61-65: SS Craigforth mined in the Bosporus, (paper M 16835/15). Board of Trade 9 November 1914. Report under oath by Alfred Stableford chief mate of ship.

Folios 66-70: Turkish neutrality, (paper M 01476/14). Foreign Office 20 August 1914. Sir H Mallet HM Ambassador Constantinople reporting.

Folios 71-74: Situation in Turkey, (paper M 01477/14). Foreign Office 20 August 1914. Sir H Mallet HM Ambassador Constantinople reporting.

Folios 75-86: Departure of British naval mission to Turkey, September 1914, (paper M 6714/14 titled N 447/14), Report by Rear Admiral A H Limpus; (folio 82) list of members of Turkish Naval Mission; (folio 86) appointment of J T Hayton, Naval Store Officer, Turkish Naval Mission.

Folios 87-114: Appointments of Admiral Limpus as Admiral Superintendent Malta and Admiral Sackville H Carden to command the Squadron in the Eastern Mediterranean, (paper N383/1914). Part of papers titled N 505/14. includes handwritten note by Winston Churchill as First Lord of The Admiralty on folio 101.

Folios 115-119: German officers and men on Turkish war vessels, as to treating latter as hostile (paper M 02133/14), dated 23-25 September 1914.

Folios 120-124: Closing of Dardanelles by Turkish Government, (paper M 02289/14). Communications dated 28-29 September 1914 between Admiralty, HM Ambassador Constantinople (Sir L Mallet) and Foreign Office (Sir Edward Grey).

Folios 125-130: Closing of Dardanelles by Turkish Government, (paper M 02301/14). Communications dated 29-30 September 1914 between Admiralty, HM Ambassador Constantinople (Sir L Mallet) and Foreign Office (Sir Edward Grey).

Folios 131-134: Request of Turkish Government that British Fleet be moved from entrance to Dardanelles, (paper M 02342/14). Communications dated 30 September and 1 October 1914 between Foreign Office (Ralph Foliot, Sir Edward Grey) and Ambassador Constantinople (Sir L Mallet).

Folios 135-139: Relations between Great Britain and Turkey, (paper M 02414/14). Communications dated 2 and 3 October 1914 between Foreign Office (Sir Edward Grey) and Ambassador Constantinople (Sir L Mallet).

Folios 140-144: As to allowing certain Turkish ships to enter Dardanelles, (paper M 02458/14). Communications dated 5-7 October 1914 between Admiralty (W F Nicholson) and Foreign Office.

Folios 145-154: Report by Lieutenant-Commander Guy W Hallifax on the German battle cruiser Goeben dated 1 October 1914, (paper M 6731/14 and N549/14); (folio 152) plan of aerial arrangements of Goeben.

Folios 156-159: Passage of vessels through the straits. Translation of Order by Prefecture of Port of Constantinople sent to Sir E Grey by Louis Mallet, dated 19 September 1914.

Folios 160-172: Turkish military preparations, (paper M 02686/14). Report dated 6 September 1914 by Lieutenant Colonel F Cuncliffe Owen, military attaché, includes military strength in numbers of troops and locations of these.

Folios 173-176: Seizure of Sultan Osman. Translation (by Irvin & Sellers, Liverpool) of article which appeared on 16 September 1914 from Tasfiri-Efkiah Turkish newspaper titled 'A Thousand Curses'.

Folios 177-181: Report on German ambassador to Turkey. From Sir L Mallet to Sir Edward Grey, 16-21 October 1914.

Folios 182-187: Despatch by Louis Mallet dated 25 September 1914 concerning the transfer of German ships Goeben, Breslau, Lily Rickmers, Irmingard, Hugo Stinnes and the General to Turkey, (paper M 17696/14).

Folios 188-194: Vessels of Ottoman Navigation Company, (paper M 02774/14). Communications on whether these should be permitted to leave for Turkey, 19-28 October 1914.

Folios 195-199: War material from America into Turkey, (paper M 02816/14). Communications between Military Operations and Foreign Office, 20-22 October 1914.

Folios 201-204: Turkish fleet. HM Ambassador requests that it should not go outside Dardanelles. Private letter from Louis Mallet to Grand Visier dated 26 September 1914.

Folios 205-210: Turkish territorial waters, (paper M 03078/14), 28-30 October 1914. Copies of notes given to Sublime Porte from Louis Mallet.

Folios 211-219: Dardanelles, information obtained by HMS Itchen from SS Wallace passing through the Dardanelles, (paper M 03793/14), 25 October to 18 November 1914. [Charts removed to Historical Section Collection of Original Charts catalogued as Nos 368 and 369.]

Folios 220-227: Cyprus; shipping; annexation. Action in event of war with Ottoman Empire. Includes a copy of the Cyprus (Annexation) Order in Council by The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, at the Court at Buckingham Palace, 5th Day of November 1914, (paper M 03172/14).

Folios 228-231: SS Kathlinda sunk by Turks November 1914 includes casualty return form (no names listed), (paper M 44291/16).

Folios 232-236: Selection of Turkish islands as base for fleet. Internal Admiralty communications, (paper M 05162/14), 7-8 November 1914.

Folios 237-245: Status of islands of coast of Asia Minor, (paper M 05196/14). Communications between Foreign Office and Admiralty, 10-14 November 1914. (Folio 245 contains a list of Islands).

Folios 246-255: Defence of Mersina. Steps taken by Turkey, (paper M 6767/14 and paper M 21897/14). Colonial Office communications, November 1914.

Folios 256-275: State and condition of Turkish Navy October 1914, (paper NID 4244). Report by James Stewart, British manager appointed to reorganise the Turkish Naval Establishments in the Golden Horn and repair the Turkish Fleet, sent to WS Churchill by Sir WG Armstrong and Vickers Limited, 17-30 October 1914.

Folios 276-283: Possibility of creating diversion in favour of Serbia by operations in Dalmatia, (paper M 03866/14). Communications between Foreign Office and Admiralty, 20-26 November 1914.

Folios 284-291: Tenedos as aeroplane base near Dardanelles, (paper NID 4264). Communications between Foreign Office and Admiralty, 21-26 November 1914.

Folios 292-299: Blockade of Dardanelles and Turkish ports, (paper M 03923/14). Foreign Office communications, 22-25 November 1914.

Folios 300-308: Information respecting Turkish fleet, (paper M 04164/14). Includes report from Greek Attaché at Constantinople [in French], 30 November to 6 December 1914.

Folios 309-312: Information as to Selonica defences obtained by Commander GC Dickens of HMS Harpy, [Chart held in HS Vol 901 as No 14], (paper M 04536/14), 26 November to 15 December 1914.

Folios 313-315: Lemnos Island, position of guns and search lights, (paper M 04535/14 and paper N 471/14), 26 November to 15 December 1914.

Folios 316-321: Italian ships prevented from approaching Vourla, (paper M 04613/14), 13-18 December 1914. Includes communication from Italian Embassy, London.

Folios 322-328: Italian ships prevented from approaching Vourla. Request by Italian Minister for explanation, (paper M 21641/14), 19-21 December 1914.

Folios 329-336: Turkish naval and military movements, (paper M 017/15). Report dated 9 December 1914 of Mr J Bowman, late of Seamans' Home, Constantinople.