Catalogue description Folios 189-196: Covering letter and report of operations (paper No 189/120.E) from Vice...

Folios 189-196: Covering letter and report of operations (paper No 189/120.E) from Vice Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby on HMS Lord Nelson comprising: Disposition of Battleships and attached cruisers – 20 January 1917, 1st Detached Squadron (Crete and Anatolian Coast between Fourni Islands and Rhodes), 2nd Detached Squadron (Dardanelles area), 3rd Detached Squadron (Salonika area), 4th Detached Squadron (Smyrna, Khios and Samos area), 5th Detached Squadron (Doro-Salonika transport route and East coast of Greece), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast), submarines and mines, general remarks. Mention of Flight Lieutenant Warner H Pebery failed to return from reconnaissance and Commander Cecil V Usborne relieved of command of HMS Latona and replaced with Lieutenant Commander AF Powell.

Folios 197-198: Enclosure No 1. Reports of proceedings of the 1st Detached Squadron dated 23 January 1917 by Captain Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, Senior Officer, 1st Detached Squadron, HMS Theseus.

Folios 199-200: Enclosure No 2. Reports of proceedings of the 2nd Detached Squadron dated 21 January 1917 by Edgar Grace, Senior Officer, 2nd Detached Squadron, HMS Grafton.

Folios 201-204: Enclosure No 3. Reports of proceedings dated 22 January 1917 by Capain Cecil Minet Staveley, Senior Naval Officer, Salonika, HMS Endymion. Includes a report dated 20 January 1917 regarding the raising of SS Norseman by William G. Fitzgerald of the Salvage Steamer Sorceresss, Tuzla Point, Salonika, folio 204.

Folios 205-211: Enclosure No 4. Reports of proceedings dated 21 January 1917 by Captain Francis William Kennedy, Senior Naval Officer, 4th Detached Squadron, HMS Lowestoft.

Folios 212-216: Enclosure No 5. Reports of proceedings dated 26 January 1917 by Archibald Cochrane, Senior Officer 5TH Detached Squadron, HMS Skirmisher.

Folios 217-218: Enclosure No 6. Report of proceedings of the 6th Detached Squadron dated 21 January 1917 by Captain Francis Clifton Brown, Senior Officer, 6th Detached Squadron, HMS Edgar.

Folio 219: HM M20 report of proceedings dated 21 January 1917 by Lieutenant Commander James William Fairlough.

Folio 220: HM M28 report of proceedings dated 20 January 1917 by Lieutenant Donald Priaulx MacGregor.

Folios 221-222: Enclosure No 7. HMS Exmouth report of proceedings dated 25 January 1917 by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler.

Folios 223-224: Report dated 22 January 1917 of events at Syra and Cyclades from 16-22 January 1917 by Lieutenant Commander Arthur Falkenberg Powell, HMS Latona.

Folios 225-226: Enclosure No 8. Report of proceedings of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla dated 24 January 1917 by Captain (D) Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, HMS Blenheim.

Folio 227: Enclosure 9. Report of proceedings of the Special Netting Flotilla dated 27 January 1917 by Captain (K) Stephenson, HMS Hussar.

Folios 228-240: Enclosure No 10. Air Operations weekly report and weekly intelligence reports. Includes report on operations in Southern Bulgaria and on the Struma front and report on operations in Turkey. Includes details of disposition and state of aircraft, intelligences summaries on Dardanelles, Bulgaria and Greece and on hostile aircraft and aerodromes in Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia.

Folios 241-245: Admiralty notes and extracts on foregoing report and enclosures, (paper N 1691/1917).

Folios 246-302: 21-27 January 1917 (paper M 02177/17 and N 1690).

Folios 247-254: Covering letter and report of operations (paper No 231/120.E) from Vice Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby on HMS Lord Nelson comprising: disposition of Battleships and attached cruisers – 27 January 1917, 1st Detached Squadron (Crete and Anatolian Coast between Fourni Islands and Rhodes and escort duty in Zone VIII), 2nd Detached Squadron (Dardanelles area), 3rd Detached Squadron (Salonika area), 4th Detached Squadron (Smyrna, Khios and Samos area), 5th Detached Squadron (Doro-Salonika transport route and East coast of Greece), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast), submarines and mines, movements of HM Ships, general remarks.

Folios 255-257: Report of proceedings of the 1st Detached Squadron dated 30 January 1917 by Captain Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, Senior Officer, 1st Detached Squadron, HMS Theseus.

Folios 258-259: Enclosure No 2. Report of proceedings of the 2nd Detached Squadron dated 28 January 1917 by Edgar Grace, Senior Officer, 2nd Detached Squadron, HMS Grafton.

Folio 260: Report of gunnery drill week ending 27 January 1917 by Lieutenant Commander A S D George, HMS Grafton.

Folio 261: Report of gunnery drill week ending 27 January 1917 by Captain Alldin Usborne Moore, HMS Abercrombie.

Folios 262-264: Enclosure No 3. Reports of proceedings including a military summary dated 28 January 1917 by Capain Cecil Minet Staveley, Senior Naval Officer, Salonika, HMS Endymion.

Folios 265-272: Enclosure No 4. Reports of proceedings dated 28 January 1917 by Captain Francis William Kennedy, Senior Naval Officer, 4th Detached Squadron, HMS Lowestoft. Includes sketch plan showing anchor berths off Lubia Bay, (folio 268) and information on the Yagathi Brothers of Samos, (folio 270).

Folios 273-275: Enclosure No 5. Reports of proceedings dated 29 January 1917 by Archibald Cochrane, Senior Officer 5th Detached Squadron, HMS Skirmisher.

Folios 276-277: Enclosure No 6. Reports of proceedings dated 28 January 1917 for the 6th Detached Squadron by Captain Francis Clifton Brown, Senior Officer, 6th Detached Squadron, HMS Edgar.

Folio 278: HM M32 report of proceedings dated 29 January 1917 by Lieutenant Commander Robert Gregory Maze Durrant Hunt.

Folio 279: HM M20 report of proceedings dated 28 January 1917 by Lieutenant Commander James William Fairlough.

Folio 280: HMS Raglan report of proceedings dated 23 January 1917 by Commander in Command Broome.

Folios 281-282: Enclosure No 7. HMS Exmouth report of proceedings dated 1 February 1917 by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler. Includes programme (in French) for a ceremony in Athens at the Zappeion for the salvation of the Allies, (folios 282-287).

Folios 288-289: Enclosure No 8. Report of proceedings of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla dated 1 February 1917 by Captain (D) Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, HMS Blenheim.

Folios 290-295: Enclosure 9. Air Operations weekly report. Includes report on operations in Southern Bulgaria and on the Struma front and report on operations in Turkey and details of disposition and state of aircraft.

Folios 296-302: Admiralty notes and extracts on foregoing report and enclosures.