Catalogue description [Note: ADM 137/304, 304A-304B are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/304 ]....

[Note: ADM 137/304, 304A-304B are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/304].

Folios 10-14: Congratulations from French Admiral of Montcalm and Governor of Fiji. (M un-numbered)

Folios 15-19: Précis of accounts received as to Battle of Falklands dated 28th Dec 1914 (D.O.D.?s 161): From arrival of the British squadron at Port Stanley on 7th Dec and battle on 8th Dec 1914.

Folios 20-197: Action off the Falkland Islands 8th Dec. 1914. Report by Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, Commander-in-Chief South Atlantic and South Pacific dated 19th Dec 1914. (paper M 0407/1915) Enclosures: (folios 23-26): Enclosure No. 1. Report of intended attack on Port Stanley. Covering letter from C-in-C to the Admiralty plus a summary of the number of hits and casualties received.

Folios 20-53: Enclosure No. 2. ?Report of Actions off the Falkland Islands? (Subdivided from ?A? to ?E?), by Rear Admiral F C D Sturdee. A. Preliminary Movements. State of ships when enemy sighted off Port Stanley, HMS Canopus opening fire on Gneisenau and Nurnberg and the resulting chase of the enemy (folios 27-31) B. Action with the Armoured Cruisers. Narrative of action with HMS Invincible, HMS Inflexible and HMS Carnarvon sinking Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (folios 32-36) C. Action with the Light Cruisers. Narrative of action HMS Cornwall and HMS Kent sinking Leipzig, HMS Kent sinking Nurnberg and Dresden escaping (folios 37-39) D. Action with Enemy?s Transports. Narrative of HMS Bristol and HMS Macedonia sinking Baden and Santa Isabel (folio 40) E. List of Officers and Men Mentioned for their Services in the Action off the Falkland Islands. C-in-C?s list (folios 41-47); Letter from Captain of HMS Kent to C-in-C recommending bravery award to Sargent Charles Mayes, R.M.L.I. (folio 48). Sketch maps of key stages of action (folios 49-53).

Folio 54: Blank.

Folios 55-83: Enclosure No. 3. ?Individual ships? reports on action with Enemy?s Armoured Cruisers?. Captain Percy Tufton Hamilton Beamish, HMS Invincible (folios 56-59); Captain Richard Fortescue Phillimore, HMS Inflexible (folios 61-69); Rear Admiral Archibald Peile Stoddard, HMS Carnarvon (folios 70-76); Captain Heathcoat Salusbury Grant, HMS Canopus (folios 77-83)

Folios 84-118: Enclosure No. 4. ?Individual ships? reports on the action with the Enemy?s Light Cruisers?. Captain John Luce, HMS Glasgow (folios 85-97); Captain Walter Maurice Ellerton, HMS Cornwall (folios 98-107); Captain John Derwent Allen, HMS Kent (folios 108-118)

Folio 119: Blank.

Folios 120-124: Enclosure No. 5: ?Capture of the Enemy?s Colliers ?Baden? & ?Santa Isabel?. Report by Captain H S Grant, HMS Canopus; Report by Captain Bertram Sutton Evans, HMS Macedonia; Letter by C-in-C regarding two Falkland ladies reporting enemy ship sightings.

Folio 125: Blank.

Folios 126-136. Enclosure No. 6. Report on damage sustained by ships engaged?. HMS Invincible; HMS Inflexible; HMS Glasgow; HMS Cornwall; HMS Kent.

Folio 137: Blank.

Folios 138-140: Enclosure No. 7: ?Fires sustained in action off Falkland Is?. Report of fires on board HMS Inflexible.

Folio 141: Blank.

Folios 142-153: Enclosure No. 8. ?Individual ships? lists of officers and men mentioned for their services?. HMS Invincible: Commander Richard Herbert Denny Townsend, Lieutenant-Commander Hubert Edward Dannreuther, Lieutenant Lancelot J G Leveson RNR, Engineer Commander Edward John Weeks, Engineer Lieutenant-Commander James Fraser Shaw, Engineer Lieutenant Francis Lindsay Mogg, Fleet Surgeon Walter James Bearblock, Mr Thomas Andrew Walls, Carpenter, Artificer George Henry Francis McCarten, Leading Seaman Frederick Sidney Martin; HMS Inflexible: Commander Ernest Wigram, Commander (N) John Walsh Carrington, Lieutenant Commander Rudolph Henry Cole Verner, Lieutenant Arthur Wilfred Blaker, Engineer Commander Harry Lashmore, Chief Engine Room Artificer R Robert Snowden; HMS Glasgow: Lieutenant Commander Wilfred Arthur Thompson, Shipwright Albert England; HMS Cornwall: Lieutenant Commander James Wolfe Murray, Midshipman Jocelyn Slingsby Bethell, Signalman Frank Glover, Chief Engine Room Artificer John George Hill, Stoker Petty Officer William Alfred Townsend; HMS Kent: Commander Arthur E F Bedford, Lieutenant Commander Eric L Wharton, Lieutenant(G) Victor H[ilary] Danckwerts, Mr W H Venning, Carpenter, Chief Petty Officer David Leighton, Stoker Petty Officer George S.Brewer, Shipwright Albert C H Dymott, Sergeant Charles Mayes RMLI, Petty Officer Matthew J Walton.

Folio 154: Blank.

Folios 155-168: Enclosure No. 9. Confidential. ?Gunnery Notes and Experiences in action off Falkland Islands?. Report from C-in-C on HMS Invincible stating ?cannot be considered entirely satisfactory? and listing problems; Report from HMS Kent.

Folio 169: Blank.

Folios 170-173: Enclosure No. 10. ?Report on Wireless Telegraphy during action off the Falkland Islands?. C-in-C report listing damage and problems with W/T; Also instructions for the use of W/T.

Folio 174: Blank.

Folios 175-177: Enclosure No. 11. ?Deviation of Standard Compass during the action off Falkland Islands?. Problems with compass on Inflexible; Attachments of ?Record for Deviations and Position? and ?Position of Correctors?

Folio 178: Blank.

Folios 179-197: Enclosure No. 12. ?Information obtained form German Survivors rescued after the action?. Letter from Rear Admiral Stoddart concerning surrendering enemy warships; Captured enemy documents with an attached translated of enemy signal codes; Conversation with captured enemy officers; Note book listing dates and locations of enemy squadron; Statement of prisoner from Nurnberg; Conversation with prisoner from Gneisenau; Information from prisoner from Leipzig; Information from prisoner from Gneisenau.

Folios 198-241. Printed copy of Report. (Proof). ?Action off the Falkland Islands? by Vice-Admiral Sir F C D Sturdee, C-in-C South Atlantic and South Pacific, 8th Dec 1914; Maps of action.

Folios 242-245. Sketches of Action by Lt. Hugh H G Begbie, HMS Invincible. (Paper M 0412/1915). Note that the maps are not included.

Folios 246-257: Notes as to the Action on 8th Dec 1914 (HMS Macedonia). (Paper M 0442/1915) Letter and report from Captain Evans, HMS Macedonia concerning Gneisenau; Report from Captain R F Phillimore HMS Inflexible, from point of view of Gneisenau including map.

[Listing continued in ADM 137/304B].