Catalogue description Folios 1-9: Contents list, lists of registered papers, titles, and schedule. ADMIRALTY 8...

Folios 1-9: Contents list, lists of registered papers, titles, and schedule.

ADMIRALTY 8 JUNE 1915

Folios 10-23: Monitors M29 and M32: Commissioned. 10 June 1915, (paper M 04513/15).

Folios 24-26: M32: Left Pembroke for Mediterranean, sailing orders, 26 June 1915, (paper M 04997/15). Folios 27-29: M29: Left Pembroke for Mediterranean, sailing orders, 26 June 1915, (paper M 04998/15).

ADMIRALTY 30 JUNE 1915

Folios 30-41: Monitors M30 and M31: Commissioned, 29 June 1915.

Folios 42-48: M33: Commissioned, 17 June 1915.

Folios 49-52: M33: Left Pembroke for Mediterranean, sailing orders, 1 July 1915, (paper M05148/15).

ADMIRALTY 23 JUNE 1915

Folios 53-62: Europa to be parent ship for monitors, lighters etc, 26 June 1915, (paper M 04953/15).

Folios 63-66: Europa to be parent ship for monitors, lighters etc. 26 June 1915, (paper MD 421/15).

Foilio 67: Europa to be parent ship for monitors, lighters etc. 26 June 1915, (paper NP 3316/15), (paper A2201/1915).

Folios 68-79: Steamers and small craft for Dardanelles: lists with names and tonnage, 22 July 1915, (paper M 05257/15).

Folios 80-91: Lighters as water carriers, lists with names, 10 August 1915, (paper M 06095/15).

Folios 92-103: Tugs as to future service in Eastern Mediterranean, (particularly the Tug Hardy), (paper T28286/15). Lists with names of tugs, owners, port where fitting, supervising officer and date of despatch.

PEMBROKE YARD 10 JULY 1915

Folios 104-109: Monitors M30 and M31 sailing orders for Mediterranean, 10 July 1915.

ADMIRALTY 14 JULY 1915

Folios 110-116: RFA Bacchus: sailing orders, 15 July 1915, (paper M 05449/15), (paper N 571/1915).

Folios 117-119: M16: Proceedings Brest to Gibraltar, 16 July 1915, (paper M 05784/15).

Folios 120-126: M16: Defects. (paper CP 06515/15).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 13 JULY 1915

Folios 127-130: SS Wahine: Taken up as minesweeper, 17 July 1915, (paper M 05423/15, cancelled by (paper M 07177/15).

Folios 131-139: SS Wahine: Taken up as fleet messenger No 51, 21 September 1915, (paper M 07177/15). Folios 140-159: SS Wahine: sailing orders to Mudros, 8 October 1915, (paper M 07720/15).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 18 JULY 1915

Folios 160-164: Fast passenger paddle steamers: SS’s Ermine, Redbreast, Barry and Brighton: taken up, 18 July 1915, (paper M 05551/15 (part).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 19 JULY 1915

Folios 165-183: Fast passenger paddle steamers: SS’s Ermine, Redbreast, Barry and Brighton: sailing orders, 20 July 1915, (paper M 05551/15 (part).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 21 JULY 1915

Folios 184-190: Steamers as small carriers in Mediterranean, list of ships by name, 21 July 1915, (paper M 05640/15).

ADMIRALTY 22 JULY 1915

Folios 191-208: SS’s Asteria, Turquoise, Pebble, The Viceroy commissioned and ordered to Mudros, 24 July 1915, (paper M 05676/15).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 23 JULY 1915

Folios 209-211: SS Nugget taken up, 24 July 1915. (paper M 05712/15).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 24 JULY 1915

Folios 212-215: SS Rosaleen taken up as fleet messenger in Mediterranean, 24 July 1915, (paper M 05732/15).

Folios 216-220: Small craft required for East Mediterranean. Notes on these as submarine hunters between Malta and Dardanelles, 26 July 1915, (paper M 010118/15); (folio 219) contains a table with a description of the craft, numbers going out, how going, probable date of leaving England, remarks and remarks by Vice Admiral Eastern Mediterranean.

TRANSPORT OFFICE 27 JULY 1915

Folios 221-224: SS Clifford taken up as fleet messenger in Mediterranean, 27 July 1915, (paper M 05799/15).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 28 JULY 1915 Folios 225-228: SS Race Fisher taken up as fleet messenger in Mediterranean to replace SS Jerseyman, 28 July 1915, (paper M 05838/15).

ADMIRALTY 30 JULY 1915 Folios 229-234: RFA’s Wave and Waterwitch: sailing orders, 31 July 1915, (paper M 05894/15).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 3 AUGUST 1915

Folios 235-241: SS Silverfields taken up as messenger in Mediterranean to replace SS Nugget, 3 August 1915, (paper M 05979/15).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 3 AUGUST 1915 Folios 242-248: SS Perdita taken up to replace SS Turquoise, 3 August 1915, (paper M 05988/14).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 5 AUGUST 1915

Folios 249-255: SS Wheatberry taken up to replace MFA Portia, 5 August 1915, (paper M 06049/15).

ADMIRALTY 24 JULY 1915

Folios 256-276: M18, M23: Sailing orders Devonport to Mediterranean, 6 August 1915, (paper M 05678/15).

TELEGRAM 14 AUGUST 1915

Folios 277-282: six minesweeping trawlers despatched. Hercules III, Marion, Tokio II, Coningsby, Miningsby, Libra to be tenders to HMS Egmont, 14 August 1915.

ADMIRALTY 7 SEPTEMBER 1915

Folios 282-291: Monitor Earl of Peterborough: commissioned for home waters, 21 September 1915, (paper M 06908/15).

Folios 292-303: Monitor Earl of Peterborough: sailing orders Belfast to Dover, 23 September 1915, (paper M 07320/15).

Folios 304-313: Monitor Earl of Peterborough: sailing orders Devonport to Mediterranean, 8 October 1915, (paper M 07320/15 (part)).

TELEGRAM 10 SEPTEMBER 1915

Folios 314-319: TB’s 17, 18, 29 and 30 ordered Devonport to Mudros, 10 September 1915.

ADMIRALTY 13 SEPTEMBER 1915

Folios 320-327: Endeavour to go to Eastern Mediterranean as surveying ship, 13 September 1915, (paper M 07038/15).

Folios 328-341: Endeavour: Sailing orders. 16 September 1915, (paper M 07076/15 (part)). Includes copy of Admiralty notice 764, 1915 to mariners, Dover Strait, light-vessels established: traffic regulations.

Folios 342-345: Endeavour: to sail, 2 October 1915, (paper M 07076/15 (part).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Folios 346-363: SS Arethusa II, SS Wexford Coast: taken up as small cargo steamers and ordered to Mudros, 25 September 1915, (paper M 07384/15).

Folios 364-369: SS Wexford Coast commissioned, 30 September 1915, (paper M 45399/15).

TRANSPORT OFFICE 29 SEPTEMBER 1915

Folios 370-383: SS Overton and SS Spinal taken up as small cargo carriers, 29 September 1915, (paper M 07474/15). Folios 370-383: SS Overton and SS Spinel: sailing orders to Mudros, 30 September 1915

ADMIRALTY 30 SEPTEMBER 1915

Folios 384-390: (paper OD 211) Monitors Sir Thomas Picton and Earl of Peterborough to go to Mediterranean, 3 October 1915, (paper M 07590/15).