Catalogue description Listing continued from ADM 137/47/2. Folios 314-357. Reports for the Court of Enquiry:...

Listing continued from ADM 137/47/2.

Folios 314-357. Reports for the Court of Enquiry: Captain Wilmot Stuart Nicholson, HMS Hogue, dated 22 September 1914, (folios 316-318). [Copy of report in folios 57-60]. Captain Wilmot Stuart Nicholson, HMS Hogue, Amsterdam, dated 23 September 1914, (folios 319-320). Report on rescue of survivors by Dutch ships and commenting on their humane and gallant action. Commander Bertram William Lothian Nicholson, (HMS Cressy), H.M. Training Establishment, Shotley, dated 23 September 1914, (folios 321-323). Report of HMS Cressy being torpedoed and sunk while rescuing survivors from HMS Aboukir. Sketch of position of cruisers, submarine(s) and torpedo tracks, (folio 323). Commander Reginald Arthur Norton, (HMS Hogue), Shotley, dated 23 September 1914, (folios 324-326). [Copy of report in folios 43-47]. Captain John Edmund Drummond, HMS Aboukir, dated 25 September 1914, (folios 328-330). Believed that HMS Aboukir had struck a mine. Abandonment and sinking of HMS Aboukir. Praised Captain Johnson in stopping HMS Cressy to rescue survivors. Rear Admiral Arthur Henry Christian, HMS Euryalus, dated 29 September 1914, (folios 331-336). Letter requesting to attend the court of enquiry, (folio 331). Report to Court on orders to “watch the Broad Fourteens”. Disposition of ships. Orders given to Captain Drummond. Sighting from Dutch coast, the Flushing-Queenborough steamer and Dutch fishing boats, (folios 332-335). Letter, 4 September 1914 referring to chart showing proposed patrol area, (folio 336). [This chart is not included]. Signal telegram, 5 September 1914 to all ships regarding German mine laying, (folio 337). Signal telegram, 20 September 1914 from HMS Euryalus to Admiralty regarding HMS Aboukir in charge due to absence of HMS Euryalus, (folio 338). Signal telegram, 20 September 1914 from HMS Euryalus to HMS Aboukir with orders to take charge, (folio 339). Letter from Mr Cracknell, Clerk, RN, Ruskin School Home, Heacham on Sea, dated 2 October 1914, concerning whereabouts of code books on HMS Aboukir but not knowing how they were disposed of, (folios 340-341). Report by Rear Admiral Arthur Henry Christian concerning the amount of coal remaining in HMS Euryalus, and why a Flag Officer was not present, (folio 342). Report by Captain Cuthbert Williams RM of HMS Hogue, 27 Nightinglae Road, Southsea, on the location and disposal of code books, (folios 343-349). Report by Lieutenant McCarthy of HMS Cressy, 21 Roswood Crescent, Walkerville, Newcastle on Tyne, dated 14 October 1914, on the sinking of HMS Cressy and sighting torpedo tracks, (folios 350-357).

Reports on survivors rescued by trawler L.T.639 who did not transfer to HMS Lowestoft, (folios 358-364).

Request by the First Sea Lord, Prince Louis of Battenberg, as to the orders, objective and command of the patrol. Note by First Lord, Winston Spencer Churchill regarding the objective and ships to be used. Reply by Chief of Staff, Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee. Correspondence regarding Rear Admiral Arthur Henry Christian’s actions and for Court of Enquiry to obtain evidence from Commodore Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, (folios 365-388).

Proof of report of the Court of Enquiry into the Loss of “Aboukir”, “Cressy” and “Hogue” on 22 September 1914, (folios 389-393).

(Paper number NL 3169/14) Remarks on the Report of Court of Enquiry by the Commander-in-Chief Nore, 7 October 1914. Remarks by Admiral Sir Richard Poore on findings of Court of Enquiry, (folios 394-399).

Folios 400-415: (Paper number NL 3170/14) Remarks regarding Court of Enquiry by Rear Admiral Arthur Henry Christian, HMS Euryalus, 6 October 1914. Rear Admiral Christian requests opportunity to submit his report into the loss, (folios 400-405). (Paper number NL 3953/14) Report of circumstances leading up to the sinking of HMS Cressy by Rear Admiral Arthur Henry Christian, (folios 406-415).

Folios 416-422: Loss of cruisers Cressy, Aboukir & Hogue. Correspondence on obtaining evidence from Commodore Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt. Folios 423-436: (Paper number NL 4133/14) Further Report of Court of Enquiry including evidence of Commodore (T). Evidence given by Commodore Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt on the movements of his destroyers and light cruisers and list of signals.

Listing continued in ADM 137/47/4.