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Catalogue description Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet Volume VIII: Pack 005: Sections L and...
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| Reference: | ADM 137/1888 |
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| Description: |
Secret packs of the Commander in Chief Grand Fleet Volume VIII: Pack 005: Sections L and M: Reports by vessels damaged by striking mines: Mine protection devices for ships Folio 1: Title page. Folio 2: Explanatory note. During the period of the War, papers of a confidential nature in the office of the C-in-C Home Fleet were filed in Packs (numbered separately from the non-confidential records) in a Series 001 to 0042 inclusive. Copies of relevant telegrams were filed in these packs, but a complete set of all telegrams was also maintained. The secret packs were re-arranged by the Grand Fleet Secretarial staff in February 1919, when papers considered unimportant were removed and destroyed, and the remainder re-indexed. They were received in this form by the Historical Section in April 1920, and bound as received, in a series of Volumes. The 1919 index will be found in the first volume (see ADM 137/1881) and extracts from this have been inserted in each succeeding volume. This volume is the 8th of the series. Folio 3: Index of contents. Trade – The Blockade. Folios 4-7: Blank. Folio 8: Contents page. Section L: Reports from vessels damaged by striking mines. Folios 9-53: HMS Lilac. Folios 54-56: Trawler Jasper No 164. Folios - : Dahlia (See ADM 137/1889 Folios 307-329). Folios 57-69: HMS Carnation. Folios 70-77: HMS Cleopatra. Folios 78-111: Miscellaneous vessels. Folios 112-119: HMS Princess Margaret. Section M: Mine protecting devices for ships. Folios 121-170: Mine protection device for merchant ships. Folios 171-180: Device from HMS Thames. Folios 181-185: Bow catching device for minesweepers. Folios 186-193: Bow catching device in gunboats. Folios 194-196: Russian system of bow defence in Speedwell. Folios 197-201: Bullivant’s mine catcher – experience on HMS Jason. Folios 202-277: HMS Skipjack crinoline defence. Folios 278-279: Abandonment of gear in gunboats. Folios 280-286: HMS Achates – suggestion for battleship defence. Folios 287-326: HMS Conqueror – bow defence. Folios 327-344: Bow kites February 1916. Folios 345-350: Modification of bow mine defence in trawlers. Folios 351-356: Bow raft defence. Folios 357-364: All round net defence mine gear |
| Date: | 1914-1918 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | HSA 90 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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