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 ADM137/1908B.

Folios 277-304: Letter NID 15830, 25 October 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of interrogation of survivors of UC.55. Contents of report are:- Crew of U.55 [giving names and rank]. Previous cruises of U.55. Last cruise of U.55. General remarks concerning U.55. Cruises of other submarines. General remarks on other submarines. Submarine “Deutschland.” General characteristics of submarines. Organisation of submarine service. Submarine losses. Battleships [includes information on damage sustained in Battle of Jutland]. Battle cruisers [includes information on damage sustained in Battle of Jutland]. Minelaying cruisers. Raiders. Motor boats. Diagram of rate of change of range instrument (Folio 301). Fire control. Torpedoes. Discipline.

Folio 305: Letter O/L 4388, 27 October 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Addendum to RS NID 4379 [see NID 15830, Folios 277-304 above]. Air pressure reading in torpedoes.

Folios 306-311: Paper titled “Torpedo Range Table for German Submarines UC.16 to UC.79”. Compiled in April 1917 from trials carried out by UC.77 after stern tubes had been fitted to tale 48cm torpedoes.

Folios 312-329: Letter NID 16359, 19 November 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of interrogation of survivor of UC.63. Contents of report are:- Information regarding prisoner. Named as Fritz Marsal, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, born 18 September 1895 in Aklem, Pomerania, butcher by trade. Previous cruises of UC.63. Last cruise of UC.63. General remarks on cruises of UC.63. Class UC.16-79. Cruises of UC.26. Flanders Submarine Flotilla. Bruges. Zeebrugge. Ostend. Distantly controlled boats. Discipline [in Flanders Flotilla]. Treatment of German prisoners in England. Detailed scaled plan drawing of Port of Zeebrugge produced by Ordnance Survey, April 1917 including photographs (Folio 327). Detailed scaled plan drawing of Port of Ostend, produced by Ordnance Survey, April 1917 (Folio 328). Detailed scaled plan drawings of Bruges town and Port of Bruges produced by Ordnance Survey, March and April 1917 (Folio 329).

Folios 330-359: Letter NID 16342, 19 November 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of examination of the survivors of UC.65 sunk on 4 November 1917. Survivors named as:- Kapitӓnleutnant Claus Lafrenz. Luetnantz.See d.R Diedrich Braue. Obermatrose Willy Ostergaard. Obermatrose Erich Fügner. FT Gast Theodore Bremer born 21 April 1899. Contents of report are:- Introductory remarks. General narrative. Submarine Flotilla Flanders. Navigation in the North Sea and [English] Channel. Minelaying. Previous cruises of UC.65. Crew of UC.65 [names and rank given]. Wireless telegraphy. Distinguishing marks [of UC.65]. Submarine losses [giving number, commanding officer and date and method of loss in most cases]. Submarines. Submarine officers [information on fifteen commanding officers of submarines]. Rewards and decorations. V.100. Raiders. Communications. General conditions. Translation of extract of letter from Lafrenz to Leutnant Ulrich Meier, Keil. Translation of an extract of a letter from Theodor Bremer to Hugo Bremer, Barmen.

Folios 360-389: Letter NID 16680, 3 December 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of interrogation of survivors of UC.58 sunk by USS Fanning on 17 November 1917. Contents of report are:- Crew of US.58 [names and rank given. All survived except Machinist Franz Glinder and Maschinistenmaat Franz Baden]. Last Cruise of UC.58. Previous cruises of U.58. Details of U.58. Submarines. Submarine losses. 2nd Submarine Flotilla. Battleships [including some comments on damage at Battle of Jutland]. Light cruisers. Miscellaneous vessels. High Seas Fleet. Awards and decorations. New construction. Seamen divisions. Raiders. General conditions. Appendix comprising:- Extract taken from a notebook belonging to Leading stoker Phillip Meyer listing losses in Ocean-going submarines with pencil note stating “tallies very closely with Admty returns” and list of existing submarines ocean-going type. Translation of a letter from Kapitӓnleutnant G Amberger to Kapitӓnleutnant W Rother.

Folios 390-423: Letter NID 16804, 10 December 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of interrogation of prisoners from UC.48. This report covers technical information obtained. A further report on general information is contained in Folios 429-462 below. Contents of this report are:- Converted mercantile cruisers. Cruiser submarines proper. Modern ocean-going submarines. U.63-65. U.71-80. U.87-92. U-Boat construction. UB.48-110. UB.1-17. Battleship “Prinz Regent Luitpold.” Folio 401: Blueprint scaled section of conning tower of U.48 showing H girder with arrangement of tanks.

Folio 424: Extract of NID 16804 for further distribution under letter No HF0017/60, 22 December 1917 by Admiral O de B Brock. Ammunition supply.

Folios 425-428: Letters on report of interrogation of prisoners from UC.48, ammunition supply:- NID 16931, 20 December 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Addenda, Admiralty note No D46/245, 26 December 1917, Letter No D46/245, 26 December 1917 from Captain S.12 to C-in-C Grand Fleet, Letter 30 December 1917 from Captain (S) 10th Submarine Flotilla.

Folios 429-462: Letter NID 16931, 17 December 1917 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Report of interrogation of prisoners from UC.48. This report covers general information obtained. A further report on technical information is contained in Folios 390-423 above. Contents of this report are:- Last cruise of U.48. Previous cruises of U.48. Folio 436 is tracking chart of U.48 December 1916 to January 1917. Anti-submarine methods. Losses of submarines. Recognition mark for aircraft. Personnel of submarine service. Organisation of submarine service. Recruiting for the submarine service. Morale in submarine service. Mutiny in the German Fleet. Appendix I: Extracts from letters written by survivors of U.48. Appendix II: List of crew of U.48 giving names, rank and whether survived or killed or drowned.

Folio 463-497: Letter NID O/L, 1 January 1918 from Director of Intelligence Division to C-in-C Grand Fleet. Copy of technical report from Signal School, Portsmouth regarding W/T apparatus recovered from UC.44 including blueprint wiring diagrams and drawings at Folios 492-497.

Folios 498-501: Blank.