Catalogue description [Note: ADM 137/1908, 1908A-1908C are produced as a single document: order as ADM...

[Note: ADM 137/1908, 1908A-1908C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 137/1908].

Listing continued from ADM 137/1908A

Folio 134: Letter NID 12678/17, 19 May 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Ascertained that German commercial submarine “Deutchland” has been converted into a war vessel.

Folios 135-136: Letter NID 129788, 31 May 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Now ascertained that German submarine “Deutchland” has been commissioned and has two 5.9 inch guns and last sighted off Azores on 7 July 1917.

Folios 137-149: Letter NID 12710/17, 19 May 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of the interrogation of survivors from UC.26. Survivors named as:- Leutnant z.See der reserve Heinrich Petersen. Maschinistmaat Acksel. Report contents are:- List of survivors. Complement. Last cruise of UC.26. Information concerning other submarines. Flanders Flotilla. Submarine construction. Battle cruiser “Seydlitz.” Courts Martial in the German Navy. Translation of rough diary kept by Machinistenmaat Achsel [from 30 April to 7 May 1917]. Admiralty War Staff document CB1318 titled “Diary of an Officer of UC.26”, May 1917. Named as Leutnant d Reserve Heinrich Petersen.

Folios 150-155: Letter NID 13318, 15 June 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of examination of survivors from U.29 sunk on 7 June 1917. Survivors named as:- Leutnant z.See d.Reserve Hans Bruhn. Maschinistenmaat Franz Stilla. Reports comprises:- General. UC.29. Brunsbüttel submarine depot. Last cruise of UC.29. Sinking of UC.29. Previous cruises of UC.29. Submarine losses. SMS Hessen. SMS Augsburg.

Folios 156-158: Letter NID 13826, 10 July 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report titled “German Navy, Information concerning submarines etc”, undated, author not stated. Taken from interview with German who claimed to have worked in the drawing office in Wilhelmshaven Dockyard.

Folios 159-174: Letter NID 14292, 31 July 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of examination of two prisoners from UB.21. Prisoners names as:- Steurmann d.S Fritz August Gallus. Bootmannsmaat d.R Otto Söhlmann. Report contents are:- General narrative. UB.21. UC.30. UC.76. UC.78. U.93. U.99 and U.100. U-Deutschland. 2nd Submarine Flotilla. 5th Submarine Flotilla. Kurland Submarine Flotilla. Hydrophone Flotillas. Submarine depot ships. Steam submarines. Depth charges. Prize money for submarines. SMS Seeadler. “M” boats. Submarine officers (named as: UB.21 Franz Walther; UB.22 Wacker; U.60 Schuster; U.62 Dieckman; U.100 Hashagen. General conditions (in Germany). Appendix – Translations of letter written by prisoners to Germany as follows:- From Otto Söhlmann to Ernst Söhlmann and family, Ihmebrüchstr., 9, Hanover, Germany. From F.Gallus to Mrs E Gallus, Landaustrasse 9, Cassel, Germany.

Folios 175-192: Letter NID 14550, 16 August 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of the examination of the commanding officer of UC.44 sunk on 4 August 1917. Named as Kapitӓnleutnant Kurt Tebbenjohanns. Report contents are:- Introductory remarks. General narrative. Minelaying. Previous cruises of UC.44. Crew of UC.44 [Names and rank given]. Submarine losses [submarines identified and names of commanding officers given with date of loss]. The submarine campaign. General conditions [in Germany]. Translation of letter sent from Kurt Tebbenjohanns to A Tebbenjohanns, Freidrich Wilhelm Plats 1, Braunschweig, Germany. Translation of letter sent from Kapitӓnleutnant Kurt Tebbenjohanns to Kapitӓnleutnant Pasquay Brunsbüttel. Translation of letter sent from Kapitӓnleutnant Kurt Tebbenjohanns to Kapitӓnleutnant Kurt Hartwig, German Submarine Flotilla, Pola, Austria.

Folios 193-220: Letter NID 198, 17 August 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of examination of the crew of UC.61. Contents of report are:- Members of the crew [Name, rank and age given]. General result of examination. Career of UC.61. Details of UC.61. Notes on navigation and proceedings of UC.61. Constitution of the Flanders Flotilla [submarines listed with Commanding Officers). Submarines known to have disappeared while with the Flanders Flotilla [submarines and general timing of loss given]. Submarines of the Flanders Flotilla of which the existence is doubtful [submarine given with short explanation]. Information regarding various submarines. Technical training of submarine crews. Particulars of German Navy in Flanders. New construction [in German shipyards]. Miscellaneous information.

Folios 221-256: Letter NID 15411, 3 October 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Translation of most recent reports of German submarines when passing through the Dover barrage together with an analysis. Document titled “Navigational addenda to the Daily War Orders of the Officer in Charge of Submarines” [undated] comprises short translations of German submarine experiences giving U boat number and date. A schedule titled “Dover Barrage. Some cases of passing during 1917” giving U boat number, date, time, between what buoys, submerged or surface, weather and patrols sighted.

Folio 256 is a [British Naval] chart titled “Buoys as marked recently in pencil on a German chart (No 245)” of area between Dover and Calais dated 4 October 1917.

Folios 257-276: Letter NID 15515, 9 October 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of the interrogation of survivors from U.45. Survivors named as:- FT Obergast Josef Pustelnik. Heinzer Otto Babbel. Report contents are:- Descriptions of survivors. Crew of U.45 listing officers and warrant officers. Details of U.45. Previous cruises of U.45. Last cruise of U.45. Sinking of U.45. Habits of U.45. Special recognition marks for aircraft. Organisation of submarine service. Submarine cruisers. New UB boats. Seaplane carriers. Battle cruiser “Moltke.” Battle of Jutland. Scaled drawings (plans and elevations) of the “Moltke” as produced by Ordnance Survey, June 1917 (Folio 272) Former actions of “Moltke.” “Hindenburg” and “Derfflinger.” “Von Der Tann.” New construction. Recognition signals. Telegraphic communication in harbour ships. Discipline in the High Seas Fleet.

Listing continued in ADM 137/1908C