Catalogue description Listing continued from ADM 137/369/2. Folios 190-197: Enclosure No 20. Weekly operation...

Listing continued from ADM 137/369/2.

Folios 190-197: Enclosure No 20. Weekly operation report number 52 operations in Southern Bulgaria, on the Struma Front and Turkey dated 16 March 1917 by Wing Captain, Francis Rowland Scarlett, Naval Air Service Headquarters, Mudros. Includes weekly state of aircraft of the RNAS in the Eastern Mediterranean giving geographical position, readiness for service beyond repair, under repair not erected and being erected. Mention of attack on Okjilar by Flight Sub-Lieutenant James Douglas Haig and Sub-Lieutenant John Earle Maxwell RN (folio 191; bombing of permanent way near Okjilar station by Flight Sub-Lieutenant Henry Davenport Graham and CPO Alfred Palmer Marchant and Flight Sub-Lieutenant Charles Gilmour and Herbert Maurice Green, (folio 192).

Folios 198-199: Enclosure No 21. List of ships delayed at Suda for onward escort during March 1917. Enclosure No 1 to submission of Senior Officer 1st Detached Squadron No SG32 31 March 1917. List of ships leaving area “G” for Egypt unescorted – no escorts being available – during March. Enclosure No 2 to submission of Senior Officer 1st Detached Squadron No SG32 31 March 1917.

Folios 200-201: Admiralty notes on foregoing report and enclosures.

Folios 202-267: 18-24 March 1917 (paper M 04949/17. N 1697/16).

Folios 203-211: Covering letter and report of operations (paper No 557/120.E) dated 7 April 1917 by Vice Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby on HMS Triad comprising: disposition of Battleships and attached cruisers – 24 March 1917, 1st Detached Squadron (Crete and escort duty in Zone VIII), 2nd Detached Squadron (Dardanelles area), 3rd Detached Squadron (Salonika area), 4th Detached Squadron (Smyrna and Anatolian Coast Southward to Cape Marmarice), 5th Detached Squadron (Doro-Salonika patrol and East coast of Greece), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast), submarines, mines, movements of HM Ships and general remarks. Mentions Flight Sub-Lieutenant Harold Thomas Mellings engagement with a hostile aircraft (folio 205); Flight Sub-Lieutenant Sidney George Beare and Second-Lieutenant E P Hyde, Machine Gun Corps, taken prisoner (folio 208); Squadron Commander Joseph Ruscombe Wadham Smyth-Pigott DSO.

Folios 212-214: Enclosure No 1. Report of proceedings dated 27 March 1917 by Captain Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, HMS Theseus and Senior Officer 1st Detached Squadron. Mention of body of Sergeant RH Wood AVC ex Ivernia recovered at Chersonesus 12 miles East of Candia and buried there. Also mention of death of Able Seaman William Murton, HMS Anemone died at Suda hospital from appendicitis on 23 March and buried 24 March.

Folios 215-218: Enclosure No 2. Letter of proceedings dated 25 March 1917 by Captain Edgar Grace, Senior Officer 2nd Detached Squadron, HMS Grafton.

Folios 219-221: Enclosure No 3. Letter of proceedings dated 26 March 1917 by Captain Sidney Richard Olivier, Senior Officer, Salonika, HMS St George. Includes letter from Royaume de Grece, Ministère des Finances thanking Captain Oliver of HMS St George for delivering one million drachmas in paper money on board HMS Clementis [Clemetis].

Folios 221A-224: Enclosure No 4. Report of proceedings dated 24 March 1917 by Captain Francis William Kennedy, Senior Naval Officer, 4th Detached Squadron, HMS Lowestoft.

Folios 225-226: Enclosure No 5. Report of proceedings of the 5th Detached Squadron dated 25 March 1917 by Cecil George Chichester, Senior Naval Officer, HMS Forward.

Folios 227-228: Enclosure No 6. Report of proceedings of the 6th Detached Squadron dated 26 March 1917 by Captain Francis Clifton Brown, Senior Officer, 6th Detached Squadron, HMS Edgar.

Folio 229: Report of operations of HMS M20 dated 24 March 1917 by Lieutenant Commander James William Fairlough.

Folio 230: Report of operations of HMS M28 dated 23 March 1917 by Lieutenant Donald Priaulx MacGregor.

Folio 231: Weekly report of firing operation by HMS M29 dated 24 March 1917 by Lieutenant Commander Cyril Callaghan.

Folios 233-234: Enclosure No 7. Letter of proceedings dated 29 March 1917 by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, HMS Implacable.

Folio 235: Translation of order number 20 dated 25 March 1917 signed Brisson, Chief of Staff, 3rd Squadron.

Folios 236-237: Enclosure No 8. HMS Blenheim. Report of proceedings of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla dated 27 March 1917 by Captain (D) Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, HMS Blenheim.

Folios 238-251: Enclosure No 9. Report of proceedings of the ketch and patrol launch flotillas dated 1 April 1917, Captain (K) A O Stephenson, Ketch and patrol launch flotillas, HMS Hussar.Mention of Mrs Doughty-Wylie opening the YMCA hut at “Base” on 20 March 1917 (exact location not stated, (folio 238).

Folios 252-261: Enclosure No 10. Weekly operation report number 53. Operations in Southern Bulgaria, on the Struma Front and Turkey dated 23 March 1917 by Wing Captain, Francis Rowland Scarlett, Naval Air Service Headquarters, Mudros. Includes weekly state of aircraft of the RNAS in the Eastern Mediterranean giving geographical position, readiness for service beyond repair, under repair not erected and being erected. Mentions Flight Sub-Lieutenant Sidney George Beare and Second Lieutenant EP Hyde being shot down, burning their aircraft and being taken prisoner near Doksat, 5 miles South-East of Drama, (folio 255); bomb attack on Sanjak Kale seaplane base on 15 March by Flight Sub-Lieutenant R A Trechman and Leading Mechanic W E Jones, Sub-Lieutenant Trevor Ratcliff Hackman and Leading Mechanic Arthur Carder and Flight Sub-Lieutenant James Stark Browne, (folio 256); Flight Sub-Lieutenant G Moore flying a Schneider Cup Seaplane in pursuit of a Zeppelin attacking Mudros on 20 March 1917, (folio 257). Aerial photograph of bombs exploding on Sanjuk Kale fort and seaplane base at 0730 on 13 March 1917, (folio 259).

Folio 262: Enclosure No 11. List of HM Ships of Eastern Mediterranean Squadron in hand for docking or refit on 24 March 1917. Folios 263-267: Admiralty notes of and extracts from foregoing report and enclosures.

Folios 268-321: 25-31 March 1917 (paper M 05197/17, N 1753.

Folios 269-276: Covering letter and report of operations (paper No 603/120.E) dated 17 April 1917 by Vice Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby on HMS Lord Nelson comprising: disposition of Battleships and attached cruisers – 31 March 1917, 1st Detached Squadron (Crete and escort duty in Zone VIII), 2nd Detached Squadron (Dardanelles area), 3rd Detached Squadron (Salonika area), 4th Detached Squadron (Smyrna and Anatolian Coast Southward to Cape Marmarice), 5th Detached Squadron (Doro-Salonika patrol and East coast of Greece and the Cyclades), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast), movements of HM Ships, mines and general remarks. Mention via intercepted Constantinople wireless news that Flight Lieutenant John Emil Morgan and Sub-Lieutenant A Sandall killed and Flight Sub-Lieutenant BA Trecham and Leading Mechanic WE Jones taken prisoner, (folio 271). Also mention of Greek officers Lieutenant-Commander Moraitinis and Sub-Lieutenant P Psychas carrying out night raid on Drama district, (folio 272).

Listing continued in ADM 137/369/4.